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This is obviously irrelevant to the outcome of the election, but it is very relevant to our discussion on this forum. Clinton looks likely to win the popular vote. Thus, Donald Trump didn't actually convince more people to support him than Clinton did (if the popular vote projection holds). Granted, he motivated a large portion of the country, but the narrative that Clinton had less support than Trump is simply false.
Popular vote is stupid. As long as the electoral college decides the election so many people know there votes are useless if they live in a particular state. If you're Democrat you probably aren't too excited about voting in Texas. Same for a Republican in California. So it's not exactly accurate outlook.
Do you not understand what the popular vote is? Wow, I can't believe Trump supporters. Not a clue.
You want to talk about the concept of popular vote and preach your superior intelligence, and then you turn around and assign the actions/words of one poster on a message board to all Trump supporters. Pretty brilliant.
This is obviously irrelevant to the outcome of the election, but it is very relevant to our discussion on this forum. Clinton looks likely to win the popular vote. Thus, Donald Trump didn't actually convince more people to support him than Clinton did (if the popular vote projection holds). Granted, he motivated a large portion of the country, but the narrative that Clinton had less support than Trump is simply false.
Trump is up on the pop vote by over 1.2 million votes..so not likely Hillary will even manage to get that either
Well he certainly isn't particularly popular. He will probably end up with around 46.5-47% of the popular vote. I don't see how losing the popular vote and getting support from less than half of the country makes him particularly popular.
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Originally Posted by Statz2k10
Popular vote is stupid. As long as the electoral college decides the election so many people know there votes are useless if they live in a particular state. If you're Democrat you probably aren't too excited about voting in Texas. Same for a Republican in California. So it's not exactly accurate outlook.
Do actual voter turnout rates support this hypothesis?
Popular vote is stupid. As long as the electoral college decides the election so many people know there votes are useless if they live in a particular state. If you're Democrat you probably aren't too excited about voting in Texas. Same for a Republican in California. So it's not exactly accurate outlook.
But if Trump had won the popular vote, Trump supporters would be screaming to get rid of the electoral college.
Trump is up on the pop vote by over 1.2 million votes..so not likely Hillary will even manage to get that either
Come on, only 30% of California has reported.
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