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Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoI’ve been hearing that for a while. Of course then again the people that said that don’t seem to have an answer for the fact that in 2022 Republicans swept the entire state by like 10 points. So maybe we should stop counting on that.
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoHere’s a comparison of Barack Obama’s, Hillary Clinton’s, and Joe Biden’s election results in Texas: Election Year Democratic Candidate Vote Percentage Republican Candidate Vote Percentage Margin 2012 Barack Obama 41.4% Mitt Romney 57.2% 15.8% 2016 Hillary Clinton 43.2% Donald Trump 52.2% 9.0% 2020 Joe Biden 46.5% Donald Trump 52.1% 5.6% This is the trend
I’ve been hearing that for a while. Of course then again the people that said that don’t seem to have an answer for the fact that in 2022 Republicans swept the entire state by like 10 points. So maybe we should stop counting on that.
Here’s a comparison of Barack Obama’s, Hillary Clinton’s, and Joe Biden’s election results in Texas:
This is the trend