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Repug versus Dimwit perception of the electoral map of the United States
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4060938" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clinton-counties-won/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Friday%2010%20May%202019%20-%20Swastikas%20in%20Arkansas%20-%20rec2viNtAMJpKteKZ&utm_content=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Friday%2010%20May%202019%20-%20Swastikas%20in%20Arkansas%20-%20rec2viNtAMJpKteKZ+CID_75234dbdd8631c0f0e01d05d053e2c22&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=False" target="_blank">Did Trump Win 2.626 of 3,141 Counties in 2016, While Clinton Won Only 487?</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>We've all heard the old adage, <strong>"Where you stand depends on where you stand"</strong> but</p><p>Snopes and TIME magazine presented these views of the precinct vs population allegiance to each party.</p><p></p><p>Donald Trump did win the popular vote in a significantly larger number of counties than Hillary Clinton did. Vote tallies by county differ depending on the standards used, but an Associated Press tally of the actual ratio pegged it at 2,626 to 487.</p><p></p><p><strong>What is the import of this “bimodal divide” in voting patterns?</strong></p><p>“Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) don’t and shouldn’t speak for the rest of our country?”</p><p>That point is a subjective issue, but we would note that ...</p><p>County (and city) voting totals are of no relevance in presidential elections; only state-wide voting totals count.</p><p>The legislative branch of the U.S. federal government was specifically established over 200 years ago to address this “bimodal divide” by employing a bicameral system</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">in which one chamber (the House of Representatives) represents states based on population</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">while the other chamber (the Senate) represents all states equally, regardless of population.</li> </ul><p><strong>Repug Perception</strong></p><p><img src="https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/12/3141-trump-counties.png?resize=512,334" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Dimwit Perception</strong></p><p><img src="https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/12/3141-clinton-counties.png?resize=512,339" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4060938, member: 18222"] [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clinton-counties-won/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Friday%2010%20May%202019%20-%20Swastikas%20in%20Arkansas%20-%20rec2viNtAMJpKteKZ&utm_content=Daily%20Debunker%20-%20Friday%2010%20May%202019%20-%20Swastikas%20in%20Arkansas%20-%20rec2viNtAMJpKteKZ+CID_75234dbdd8631c0f0e01d05d053e2c22&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=False']Did Trump Win 2.626 of 3,141 Counties in 2016, While Clinton Won Only 487?[/URL][/B][/SIZE] We've all heard the old adage, [B]"Where you stand depends on where you stand"[/B] but Snopes and TIME magazine presented these views of the precinct vs population allegiance to each party. Donald Trump did win the popular vote in a significantly larger number of counties than Hillary Clinton did. Vote tallies by county differ depending on the standards used, but an Associated Press tally of the actual ratio pegged it at 2,626 to 487. [B]What is the import of this “bimodal divide” in voting patterns?[/B] “Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) don’t and shouldn’t speak for the rest of our country?” That point is a subjective issue, but we would note that ... County (and city) voting totals are of no relevance in presidential elections; only state-wide voting totals count. The legislative branch of the U.S. federal government was specifically established over 200 years ago to address this “bimodal divide” by employing a bicameral system [LIST] [*]in which one chamber (the House of Representatives) represents states based on population [*]while the other chamber (the Senate) represents all states equally, regardless of population. [/LIST] [B]Repug Perception[/B] [IMG]https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/12/3141-trump-counties.png?resize=512,334[/IMG] [B]Dimwit Perception[/B] [IMG]https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/12/3141-clinton-counties.png?resize=512,339[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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