While the Electoral College did not directly factor into this election it could have indirectly factored in due to minority voters in solidly controlled states simply deciding not to vote due to their votes having no impact on the outcome. If for instance you were a Democrat in a state that Republicans have won by double digit percentages for the last couple decades you might rightly assume that whether you vote or not the outcome remains unchanged.

If we had a straight popular vote rather than the EC then literally every vote would count, unlike the current system where that’s only true in battleground states. In this case the EC is just another in a long list of voter suppression tools.

So 1/3rd of Americans don’t understand how economies work or what a tariff is.

Got a fucking great deal on my current house following the sub prime fiasco and I was planning on upgrading soon. Guess I’ll have plenty of choices to pick from soon.

Who knew the Great in MAGA was the Great Depression all this time.

Pretty sure the overwhelming majority of people that own landlines don’t have a single clue how they work. Phreakimg is nearly lost knowledge at this point.

Both can be true. People just didn’t realize how pervasive ignorant people that own landlines are.

The process must have slowed down considerably. About two decades ago I had a security clearance (just a basic one for access to some military bases for contract work) and that process, although the paperwork was a nightmare, got cleared in under 2 months. I’m sure a higher level of access takes longer, but equally someone being vetted for one of the highest offices in the world is certainly going to be a higher priority than some military contractor pleb.

They did their part, but unfortunately Harris and the DNC failed to do theirs. All she had to do was toss out some left wing policies and instead she went all in on right wing policies. How many losses is it going to take before the DNC gets it through their heads that they’re not going to be able to steal conservative votes from the Republicans.