PopeADopePope on May 31st, 2018 at 19:02 UTC »
What is the difference between "wins popular vote overall" and "wins popular vote on election night" here?
feedmefries on May 31st, 2018 at 23:09 UTC »
At the risk of stating the obvious here, if you remove just the 5 NYC counties and also LA county, that's ~8% of the total US population.
Or another way, if just those 6 counties combined to form their own state, it would instantly be the most populous state in the Union.
So yea, small # of counties, but you're talking about removing 1 out of every 13 12-ish people in the country.
Mrbrionman on May 31st, 2018 at 23:22 UTC »
I find it hilarious that in this thread people who are both extremely pro and anti the Electoral College are using this as a bullproof reasoning for why they are right.
![image showing The fewest US counties you can remove to change the outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election [OC]](1896a43e-822a-504b-b49e-496f3bf45e2d.jpg)
PopeADopePope on May 31st, 2018 at 19:02 UTC »
What is the difference between "wins popular vote overall" and "wins popular vote on election night" here?
feedmefries on May 31st, 2018 at 23:09 UTC »
At the risk of stating the obvious here, if you remove just the 5 NYC counties and also LA county, that's ~8% of the total US population.
Or another way, if just those 6 counties combined to form their own state, it would instantly be the most populous state in the Union.
So yea, small # of counties, but you're talking about removing 1 out of every 13 12-ish people in the country.
Mrbrionman on May 31st, 2018 at 23:22 UTC »
I find it hilarious that in this thread people who are both extremely pro and anti the Electoral College are using this as a bullproof reasoning for why they are right.