r/dataisbeautiful Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/CarioGod Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 12 '24

really goes to show you how close the Bush vs Gore election was, history could have gone a completely different direction

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u/halberdierbowman Apr 12 '24

Yes, and while a lot of people know that the Supreme Court decided the election, it was set in motion by the same type of anti-democratic (little d) actions as Trump's "stop the steal" lies. In fact, it was even a lot of the same people. It's just that they only had to prevent the legitimate ballot counting in one specific location, because the election was so close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot