▲ 515 ▼ 70% of UK doesn't want Rishi Sunak to be PM any longer, poll shows (www.hindustantimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Ah right the electoral college and that sort of thing. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) but sometimes you get a “false elector” who legally overrides democracy and votes for a different candidate. Genuine questions - how often does that happen? It can't be a lot, and it can't make the deciding vote, right, otherwise the whole system would have been ripped apart by the media long ago... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector As of the 2020 election, there have been a total of 165 instances of faithlessness, 90 of which were for president, while 75 were for vice president. They have never swung an election, and nearly all have voted for third party candidates or non-candidates, as opposed to switching their support to a major opposing candidate. permalink fedilink source parent [+] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Ah right the electoral college and that sort of thing. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) but sometimes you get a “false elector” who legally overrides democracy and votes for a different candidate. Genuine questions - how often does that happen? It can't be a lot, and it can't make the deciding vote, right, otherwise the whole system would have been ripped apart by the media long ago... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector As of the 2020 election, there have been a total of 165 instances of faithlessness, 90 of which were for president, while 75 were for vice president. They have never swung an election, and nearly all have voted for third party candidates or non-candidates, as opposed to switching their support to a major opposing candidate. permalink fedilink source parent [+] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector As of the 2020 election, there have been a total of 165 instances of faithlessness, 90 of which were for president, while 75 were for vice president. They have never swung an election, and nearly all have voted for third party candidates or non-candidates, as opposed to switching their support to a major opposing candidate. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent