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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)
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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

And then you have the "caucuses." Secret ballots? Naa. How about you go personally stand in a specific corner of a public school gymnasium in front of news cameras (and make it a several hour ordeal instead of punching a box and leaving).

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Then have a BS verbal vote where your boos against Buttigieg actually end up counting as support for him yes-honey-left

[–] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then the BS coinflip to decide support.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Which is then cheated

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

"I was saying Boo-ttigieg" I-was-saying

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago

go personally stand in a specific corner of a public school gymnasium

I first saw footage of that on tv when I was a boy in the late 1970s. I couldn't believe it. I don't remember if I had seen SNL by then or not. But the thing in the gym certainly seemed like something from a comedy sketch and not something that was real that sane adults actually did.