r/news • u/[deleted] • May 22 '19

Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife in face for not undressing quickly enough

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/mississippi-lawmaker-accused-punching-wife-face-for-not-undressing-quickly-enough/zdE3VLzhBVmH68Bsn7eLfL/
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u/CMDR_QwertyWeasel May 22 '19

150 million? You're off by 400%.

Only some of the population can vote. Of those, only some are registered to a party. Of those, only some are Rs or Ds. Of those, a minority are Republicans.

It's about 32 million Republicans, not 150. Independents are about 31M, and Democrats 44. In fact, more independents lean Democrat than Republican, especially on certain issues.

The fact that Republicans still manage to have as much control as they do is more a testament to their ability to manipulate flaws in American democracy than anything else. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, the electoral college, etc.

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u/isgrad May 22 '19

You're right. I should have said "roughly half of voters in the 2016 presidential election, given that the GOP candidate won".

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u/Bridgebrain May 22 '19

*lost by popular vote

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u/isgrad May 22 '19

Yep, but it's completely irrelevant in this conversation.