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Big citation needed on that. I highly doubt twitter's user base is 40% Republican-trump supporters. Only 20% of their use base in is in the US. And Republicans

Big citation needed on that. I highly doubt twitter's user base is 40% Republican-trump supporters. Only 20% of their use base in is in the US. And Republicans need to remember that because of the electoral college their electoral wins do not mean there is a silent majority of supporters out there.

partiallypro 6y ago
I clearly meant within the United States, and even with popular vote the country is fairly 50/50, 40/60 at worst.
- alpha_squared 6y ago
  If I recall correctly, the last time Republicans won the popular vote was 2004. Last time before that was 1988. The Republican party is massively over-represented in American politics at nearly every level and has been for decades.
  - partiallypro 6y ago
    Not sure that has anything to do with what I said "a solid 40-50%" being Conservative/Republican leaning. Obama didn't even get close to 55% in his best year. I wouldn't call a ~.5-2% difference "massive" (especially when most Americans don't identify with either party) but anyhow your opinion of the electoral college and the Senate is completely off topic and not even related to what I just said.
  - roody15 6y ago
    This is a bit misleading since Republicans focus on winning the electoral college. If republicans needed to win the popular vote they would campaign harder in high population urban centers and the popular vote counts would be much closer.
- strangeattractr 6y ago
  50/50 of a voter turnout around 50%. If half the country doesn't bother voting I doubt this is alienating them.
MinusGix 6y ago
While I do agree that a citation would be useful, just because this decision alienates people doesn't make the alienated group just Republican-Trump supporters or even just Republicans. As it is more a freedom of spreading information issue. (I don't care what Biden's son does in his free time and it doesn't affect my opinion of Biden much at all).

partiallypro 6y ago

I clearly meant within the United States, and even with popular vote the country is fairly 50/50, 40/60 at worst.

alpha_squared 6y ago
If I recall correctly, the last time Republicans won the popular vote was 2004. Last time before that was 1988. The Republican party is massively over-represented in American politics at nearly every level and has been for decades.
- partiallypro 6y ago
  Not sure that has anything to do with what I said "a solid 40-50%" being Conservative/Republican leaning. Obama didn't even get close to 55% in his best year. I wouldn't call a ~.5-2% difference "massive" (especially when most Americans don't identify with either party) but anyhow your opinion of the electoral college and the Senate is completely off topic and not even related to what I just said.
- roody15 6y ago
  This is a bit misleading since Republicans focus on winning the electoral college. If republicans needed to win the popular vote they would campaign harder in high population urban centers and the popular vote counts would be much closer.
strangeattractr 6y ago
50/50 of a voter turnout around 50%. If half the country doesn't bother voting I doubt this is alienating them.

MinusGix 6y ago

While I do agree that a citation would be useful, just because this decision alienates people doesn't make the alienated group just Republican-Trump supporters or even just Republicans. As it is more a freedom of spreading information issue. (I don't care what Biden's son does in his free time and it doesn't affect my opinion of Biden much at all).