• TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When you get to the second question, “Do you believe that Donald Trump is guilty of the alleged crimes in the federal 2020 election subversion election case?” and 14% of Republicans think he is guilty. If they are unwilling to vote for Trump, that’s potentially an election flusher. While popular vote doesn’t win elections (Hillary pulled 2.1% more of the popular vote than Trump in 2016), it can shift the electoral college votes in states, turning red states (potentially) to blue.

    In the 2020 election, Trump won North Carolina (15 electoral college votes), Trump got 2,758,775 votes, Biden 2,684,292. If 14% of the republicans abstained from voting in 2020, Trump would have received about 2,372,547 votes, losing the state to Biden rather than winning it.

    Yes, Trump lost to Biden anyway in 2020, but Republicans that won’t vote for Trump, nor a Democrat, just won’t vote. And voters not voting can shift Electoral College votes in states.

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      1 year ago

      Relatively small shifts on the margins can have huge consequences in the electoral college.