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Showerthoughts

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

facepalm thanks, fixed the titled

Edit: I’m still wrong. But this was a shower thought. There’s a reason this community isn’t called “well thought out comments”

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Don't correct that. He's wrong. It's way more than 46, most multi-term presidents defeated several different contenders.

Edit: I got 63 white men and 1 white woman, not counting pre 12th amendment elections, not counting minor candidates who didn't win any states electors. There's a lot more if you include minor candidates, but then one of them would be Cynthia McKinney who is a black woman.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also a lot of people ran in the general election that weren't members of the two major parties.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

And I raaaan. I ran so far awaaaay.

I just ran.

I ran all night and daaaay!!!

........I couldn't get away.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I voted for Aunt Jemima in 1978, after I was born at age 6 without a face in 1983.