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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by thisfro@slrpnk.net to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home"

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[–] Liljekonvalj@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

31% voted for him

30% voted for Harris

The rest didn't vote or voted for something else. More people didn't actually vote for him than those who did.

USA is not a democracy. For a democracy peoples votes count, not the electoral votes. Did you know a person can become president with only 27% of the votes?

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500112248/how-to-win-the-presidency-with-27-percent-of-the-popular-vote

Remember this key and Peele skit?

https://youtu.be/DGlbJQP2tIQ

The problem is their system

The American people are waking up and it will be their fight. In the meantime Europe has their OWN issues. This is not the time to bicker over silly things.