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theandrewbailey on March 19, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: #deletefacebook

You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote. I guess you didn't check the latest results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

greggarious on March 23, 2018 [–]

>You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote.

We do currently, albeit indirectly. I could see a future where we no longer hold elections and have the electoral college pick the president without any pretense of voting.

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