• LandedGentry
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    4 hours ago

    There are many ways she could have won with modest gains in other states.

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      3 hours ago

      Realistically they had to defend PA. Georgia and North Carolina were always a long shot and the only way the Democrats could survive losing Pennsylvania. PA landed Trump his 270th EC vote.

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        2 hours ago

        That’s timing that has nothing to do with vote distribution.

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          2 hours ago

          It’s electoral vote math. PA filled the exact amount they needed. None of the actual swing states mattered if PA went red. And I say actual swing states because Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida were only swing states on entertainment outlets cosplaying as news. On the inverse, the Democrats didn’t have a path to victory without Pennsylvania. There just weren’t enough other Electoral College votes available.

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            1 hour ago

            Florida was not a swing state do you even remotely know what you’re talking about?

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              It was to some people. That’s kind of my point. The news played around with all these maps but polling never justified doing so. It was always Pennsylvania. For the Democrats and Republicans.