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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

No country still uses an electoral college − except the US

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No country still uses an electoral college − except the US

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago
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Every other country that used an electoral college has been unsatisfied with the results and chosen another way to pick a leader.
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    Half the electoral votes. The last 2 times they won the popular vote was 2004 and 1984.

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