Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I’ve been hearing that for a while. Of course then again the people that said that don’t seem to have an answer for the fact that in 2022 Republicans swept the entire state by like 10 points. So maybe we should stop counting on that.

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      11 hours ago

      Here’s a comparison of Barack Obama’s, Hillary Clinton’s, and Joe Biden’s election results in Texas:

      Election Year Democratic Candidate Vote Percentage Republican Candidate Vote Percentage Margin
      2012 Barack Obama 41.4% Mitt Romney 57.2% 15.8%
      2016 Hillary Clinton 43.2% Donald Trump 52.2% 9.0%
      2020 Joe Biden 46.5% Donald Trump 52.1% 5.6%

      This is the trend

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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        5 hours ago

        Here’s a comparison of Bill Clinton’s, Al Gore’s, and Barack Obama’s election results in Florida:

        Election Year Democratic Candidate Vote Percentage Republican Candidate Vote Percentage Margin
        1992 Bill Clinton 39.0% George H. W. Bush 40.89% -1.89%
        2000 Al Gore 48.84% George W. Bush 48.85% -0.01%
        2008 Barack Obama 50.91% John McCain 48.09% +2.82%

        Florida is reliably blue now, right? Since 2010, the Hispanic proportion of the state has grown by 5 percentage points while the white proportion has shrunk by a similar number. It’s gotta be like Dem +8 by now.