Every vote counts?
Here is a snippet from a recent NYT's piece:
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The difficulty of their position seemed to enrage them further. Terry McAuliffe, Mrs. Clinton’s irrepressible cheerleader-in-chief, came close to accusing the party, of which he was once chairman, of stealing the votes.
“This is a fight for democracy,” he declared on CNN. “It is a fight for ‘every vote counts.’ I’m still incensed about what happened to Al Gore in 2000 when they stole that election, and we’ve got to make sure that people feel good about this process, especially in a state like Michigan, a must-win state for the Democrats.”
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Oh that is sooooo funny, the bit about 'every vote counts'. We live in a republic, not a democracy, as I am so fond of pointing out. And worse than that, only two states divide their electoral college votes based on the popular votes - for the rest it is winner take all. So if any of these political blow-hards is serious about 'every vote counts', I suggest they work to installing a real democracy here in the US.