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Electoral Vote vs. Popular Vote
Someone wanna give me a 3 second crash course in American politics? I didn't follow the results of the last election, so some terms are new to me.
I understand what the popular vote is, but I'm not totally clear on the electoral vote. How do they determine how many votes each state has. For example, why is Ohio worth 20 votes?
And why does is the electoral vote more important than the popular vote? If we take the 2000 election as an example, more people voted for Gore, but Bush won the electoral vote. What's the justification/logic behind basing the decision on the electoral vote?
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