Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 27, 2016
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Ned: Celtics and grizzlies at the garden. Man: Ok, ok...no politics, just sports talk...what game is this? Hmm...not looking so good for Boston. Ned: It's early...the score doesn't matter much until the 4th quarter in the NBA. Man: Ah......so the NBA has adopted the brilliance of the electoral college system? Ned: Give it a rest, bob...
Everyone participating in the comments here needs to pick up a freaking civics book and start reading. Especially RedRover.
Here’s a teaser:538 electors = 435 Representatives + 100 Senators + 3 for Washington DC. The electoral college does change based on population, but each state is guaranteed a minimum of 3 electors – 2 for the Senate and at least 1 Representative.
Also, stop talking about right wingers and left wingers like they are some amorphous bogeyman. Each side has lost an election now just based on that rhetoric alone. The GOP in 2012 and the Dems in 2016. Grow up. Realize that those “right wingers” and “left wingers” are still people. Stop dehumanizing your opposition.
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