Editing 2136: Election Commentary

{{comic
| number    = 2136
| date      = April 12, 2019
| title     = Election Commentary
| image     = election_commentary.png
| titletext = This really validates Jones's strategy of getting several thousand more votes than Smith. In retrospect, that was a smart move; those votes were crucial.
}}

==Explanation==
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This comic is a joke about the way newscasters commentate elections, and how they make it far more complicated than it needs to be in an election in which the candidate with the most votes wins. Smith has 55384 votes, while Jones has 59102 votes. Instead of comparing the votes as one number, Cueball compares each digit to see which is larger.  However, U.S. Presidential elections, in which the candidate with more votes does not necessarily win, and instead the winner is determined by which candidate leads in which state, are actually more complicated than depicted, and require 52 separate comparisons (51 to determine who is leading in each of 50 states and the District of Columbia, and then one to compare the candidates' total electoral vote).  Randall strongly disagreed with the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, in which his preferred candidate received the most votes (although not a majority), but another candidate was elected because of the way in which the votes were unevenly distributed between the states.


==Transcript==
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:[Cueball is presenting a graphic on his left that shows two names followed by five digits]
:Cueball: Smith is leading in 3 of the 5 digits, and is tied in another. But Jones has a solid lead the thousands place, if Smith can't catch up there, it's over.

:Smith&nbsp; 5 <span style="color:gray">5</span> 3 8 4
:::<sup><small>tie</small> X ✓ ✓ ✓</sup>
:::<sub><small>tie</small> ✓ <span style="color:gray">X X X</span></sub>
:Jones&nbsp; 5 9 <span style="color:gray">1 0 2</span>

:[Caption below the panel:]
:A lot of election commentary just consists of ways to add up who has more votes.

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