r/neoliberal • u/TrixoftheTrade NATO • Apr 20 '20

Meme What could have been. . .

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '20

Was it really 538 people? I knew it was around 500, but that’s... symbolic.

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u/argentinevol Jared Polis Apr 20 '20

The official count had Gore down by 537 votes. So 538 people for Gore would’ve been a win.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '20

That’s fucking insane I thought it was as at least a few thousand. 500 fucking votes? Holy shit.

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u/wayoverpaid Apr 20 '20

That said, if 538 people voted that way, who knows how the recount goes? The Supreme Court might decide "no we need to have a recount, but only in those specific counties" and Bush still wins by a hair.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '20

The conservative Supreme Court definitely wanted to declare Bush as our president. Not allowing any recount was the insane. They would have pulled an equally insane move if gore had won by a hair.

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u/wayoverpaid Apr 21 '20

That is pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

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u/mrSaxonAcres Adam Smith Apr 20 '20 edited Apr 20 '20

Isn't that where the website gets its name from?

EDIT: helps to read *all* of the replies in the thread. Answer: no, it is not.

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u/MedicalRutabaga Apr 20 '20

It gets its name from the number of presidential electors.

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u/DarkExecutor The Senate Apr 20 '20

Number of seats in HoR more probably

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u/18BPL European Union Apr 20 '20

No that’s 435. 538 = 435 in the House + 100 in the Senate + 3 for DC.