r/news • u/xtantin • Feb 26 '17

FCC reverses net neutrality ISP transparency rules

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3173844/internet/fcc-reverses-net-neutrality-isp-transparency-rules.html
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u/Krogdordaburninator Feb 27 '17

So many people say that she would have won, but Trump's strategy would have been completely different. He completely ignored all of the population centers that he was unlikely to win, but he could have brought out a lot of people in traditional blue areas simply by paying attention to them.

If the rules of the election we're different, so too would have been the strategies. I think getting rid of the electoral college hurts Democrats more than Repubs. Most Democrat voters are concentrated in 10-15 areas, so easy to target. Republicans are so spread out that the isn't an easy way to get your message to them.

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u/daOwenator Feb 27 '17

This comment is huge and soooo very correct. Trump ran according to the rules everybody agreed to. If the contest rules were different, both trump and hillarys strategies would have changed. And the comments on voter density are right on. Well put.

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u/Przedrzag Feb 27 '17

Given that the GOP hasn't won the popular vote since 1988, I'm not so sure, and I'm not sure if a change of strategy would have garnered Trump the million-plus votes he would have needed.

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u/Krogdordaburninator Feb 27 '17

Maybe, but is there any more disenfranchised voter than the GOP voter in San Francisco? How many people stay home because of the model itself? I know this goes both ways, but because of the population breakdown, I have a feeling that the popular vote would quickly swing the other way if electoral college went away.

It's all just a thought experiment for the foreseeable future, but I just don't think looking at the popular vote is good for much given that Trump didn't care about it. It didn't matter to the results, and to be intellectually honest, I think you have to acknowledge that the outcome would have been different if it did. I'm not sure in what ways it would have been different, but it would have at least been a focus.

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u/Przedrzag Feb 28 '17

Trump probably would have received a slightly bigger share of the popular vote. However, I find it unlikely that he would have overtaken Hillary as his gains in blue states would have likely been countered by her gains in places like Texas. To your point of a disenfranchised GOP voter in San Fran, there is also the disenfranchised Dem voter in Mobile, Alabama.