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deadbunny • today at 5:44 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You don't think an extra 66% of people in any state getting off their asses and voting could affect the vote in a meaningful way?


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yieldcrv • today at 6:01 PM

Correct, the sentiment would have been the same distribution of votes across states. The electoral college distribution would have been the same 312 to 226 and not close at all

The way you talk about things could have easily resulted in California’s 54 electoral college votes flipping to the majority resulting in 366 electoral votes for the winner. Your numbers are spread across where people actually live after all, as opposed to a campaign swing state