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crepuscularmutiny t1_j40vro2 wrote

A ballot is another word for a vote, specifically its the piece of paper you wrote it on, though it's not literal since these votes are electronic. A simple majority was all that was needed, but Democrats voted uniformly for their own candidate and republicans had enough republican rebels against their most popular candidate that they couldn't secure a simple majority of votes.

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CutiePopIceberg t1_j40vgce wrote

This is intetesting! And the data is presented beautifully. Though perhaps exagerated a bit? At least in MA the graphs use the median in boston. Statewide it s about $6 less. However, the larger point the graphs make, that there is a HUGE gap between minimum and the median (assuming the median is relational to cost of living idk), is significant.

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tscheric t1_j40v8dh wrote

There are some slight changes for big consumers. (e.g. public swimming pools reduced temperature) Also people are told to watch their consume (which happens automatically when gasprices increase, my gasprices per kWh are doubled) And last one is a big storage infrastructure (old salt caverns) and the hope that the winter won't be that hard. On the long term germany tries to convert the system more to renewables, especially in the heating sector (hydrogen or heat pumps, but this will take some time)

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toototabonappetit t1_j40sa45 wrote

AFAIK they indeed voted, but the results did not determine a clear representative.

It is my understanding that it is not only needed the majority of the votes, but it has to exceed a specific number. That's why it was done multiple times.

ETA: not American either, so I expect someone to correct me.

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