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minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down2·6 months agoGore won, but lost to a judicial coup.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoSupposedly he lost because he asked for recounts only in counties where he was polling well, but then they should have ordered a general recount.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down4·6 months agoHe shouldn’t have to ask for recounts when the initial counts are suspect. Was never a real democracy to begin with.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·6 months agoEveryone makes mistakes, even election officials who are trying their best. It’s good that it’s possible to ask for a recount
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoSYSK just did an episode [Stuff You Should Know] The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster https://podcastaddict.com/stuff-you-should-know/episode/169274063
minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI’d also like to complain about the electoral college again. Anything but going by popular vote is anti-democratic. The American system is so damn infuriating to me and it’s not even my country. But it affects us globally.
Gore won, but lost to a judicial coup.
Supposedly he lost because he asked for recounts only in counties where he was polling well, but then they should have ordered a general recount.
He shouldn’t have to ask for recounts when the initial counts are suspect. Was never a real democracy to begin with.
Everyone makes mistakes, even election officials who are trying their best. It’s good that it’s possible to ask for a recount
SYSK just did an episode
[Stuff You Should Know] The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster https://podcastaddict.com/stuff-you-should-know/episode/169274063
I’d also like to complain about the electoral college again. Anything but going by popular vote is anti-democratic. The American system is so damn infuriating to me and it’s not even my country. But it affects us globally.