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ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 01:32 PM Nov 2020

What Do You Call A Candidate Who Only Wins By One Electoral Vote?

Mr. President.

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What Do You Call A Candidate Who Only Wins By One Electoral Vote? (Original Post) ChoppinBroccoli Nov 2020 OP

President Biden. dhol82 Nov 2020 #1

Winner nt bitchkitty Nov 2020 #2

Mr. President or Madame President. nt Ilsa Nov 2020 #3

Fishy? localroger Nov 2020 #4

And several million more Nationally if it comes to that. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2020 #5

Depends if there's a Faithless Elector or two Polybius Nov 2020 #6

Unlikely. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #7

Actually, they don't Polybius Nov 2020 #8

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. President Biden.

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 01:37 PM

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bitchkitty

(7,349 posts)

2. Winner nt

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 01:39 PM

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Ilsa

(61,694 posts)

3. Mr. President or Madame President. nt

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 01:40 PM

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localroger

(3,626 posts)

4. Fishy?

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 02:53 PM

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It's kind of hard to win by one EV when there are an even number of electors. If it's not tied then the difference will be two as one elector moves from one column to the other, and the last time a third party candidate got any EV was George Wallace in 1968.