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If it had been reversed and Repubs had 6.1 million more votes than Democrats? (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2018 OP
We are not really a democracy. LisaL Nov 2018 #1
Obama once joked that California Dems needed to move to Nebraska. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #3
There is enough of them to go around to flip several states. LisaL Nov 2018 #4
Offer them high paying jobs and drugs and virgins? Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #5
I'd settle for two out of three.......... lastlib Nov 2018 #8
I'm a southern gentleman, so I won't ask which two. 🤔🤗😎 Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #9
Well, they can spare some voters. Haha In It to Win It Nov 2018 #7
Stopping gerrymandering and voter suppression is paramount. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #2
That would make a huge difference in Bettie Nov 2018 #6

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
1. We are not really a democracy.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 08:40 AM
Nov 2018

We are a form of democracy called representative democracy. Small states get two senators, large states get two senators. That means smaller states have more representation than larger states per person living in that state.
The system is rigged against the democrats.
As such a country as a whole isn't ruled by whom the majority of voters in the country want.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
4. There is enough of them to go around to flip several states.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 08:49 AM
Nov 2018

Problem is, how do you make them move?

Funtatlaguy

(10,889 posts)
9. I'm a southern gentleman, so I won't ask which two. 🤔🤗😎
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:59 AM
Nov 2018

Oops...didn’t see the post below the header.

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