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Old 12-01-2016, 06:33 PM
 
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Donald Trump Won 2,600 Counties Compared To Clinton’s 500, Winning 83% Of The Geographic Nation
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Old 12-01-2016, 06:39 PM
 
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/facepalm

The two cows in that Wyoming county will be very pleased to know their county added to the total. The name of the game is electoral votes. I can't believe you're considering a sub-60% electoral vote win a 'landslide'.

Was Obama a landslide, also? Hint: the answer is no, even though he received far more electoral votes in both of his elections.
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Old 12-01-2016, 06:42 PM
 
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The two cows in that Wyoming county will be very pleased to know their county added to the total. The name of the game is electoral votes. I can't believe you're considering a sub-60% electoral vote win a 'landslide'.

Was Obama a landslide, also? Hint: the answer is no, even though he received far more electoral votes in both of his elections.
Especially given the fact that their cultmaster lost the popular vote by over 2.3 million votes, and a full 1.5 percentage points. That's a bizarre definition of the word "landslide."

Considering that few conservatives have any understanding of how our system of government works, it's not surprising that they think land gets to vote.
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Old 12-01-2016, 06:49 PM
 
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I pondered something today...



If someone in California votes, does their vote actually count?
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Old 12-01-2016, 06:50 PM
 
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Donald Trump Won 2,600 Counties Compared To Clinton’s 500, Winning 83% Of The Geographic Nation
Um....Republican candidates always win a vast majority of counties.
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Old 12-01-2016, 07:02 PM
 
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Donald Trump Won 2,600 Counties Compared To Clinton’s 500, Winning 83% Of The Geographic Nation
With 46 percent of the vote and 2 million less votes than Clinton. Clinton's 500 counties account for 65 percent of United States economic activity. The other 2,600 counties account for 35 percent of us economic activity. Trump won a whole lot of sparsely populated counties and only won the electoral college by 97,000 combined in 3 states. How is that a landslide? Probably 10 percent of those 46 percenters voted for trump because they disliked Clinton more
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Old 12-01-2016, 08:19 PM
 
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With 46 percent of the vote and 2 million less votes than Clinton. Clinton's 500 counties account for 65 percent of United States economic activity. The other 2,600 counties account for 35 percent of us economic activity. Trump won a whole lot of sparsely populated counties and only won the electoral college by 97,000 combined in 3 states. How is that a landslide? Probably 10 percent of those 46 percenters voted for trump because they disliked Clinton more
I hope that helps you cope over the next eight years.
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Old 12-01-2016, 08:30 PM
 
Location: West Texas
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But Hillary won the popular vote! (I figured I'd beat the libbies to it!)
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Old 12-01-2016, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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With 46 percent of the vote and 2 million less votes than Clinton. Clinton's 500 counties account for 65 percent of United States economic activity. The other 2,600 counties account for 35 percent of us economic activity. Trump won a whole lot of sparsely populated counties and only won the electoral college by 97,000 combined in 3 states. How is that a landslide? Probably 10 percent of those 46 percenters voted for trump because they disliked Clinton more
There would be more economic activity in that rust belt had stupid regulations and taxes not sent all those jobs to other countries.
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Old 12-01-2016, 08:55 PM
 
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The two cows in that Wyoming county will be very pleased to know their county added to the total. The name of the game is electoral votes. I can't believe you're considering a sub-60% electoral vote win a 'landslide'.

Was Obama a landslide, also? Hint: the answer is no, even though he received far more electoral votes in both of his elections.
Exactly. Someone actually posted a map of the country as if land votes. Trump won three states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania by a combined total of only 97,000 votes while Hillary won the popular vote by over 2.5 million and counting. 97,000 votes out of 127 million, while still losing the popular vote by 2.5 million and 2% of the country. I honestly doubt he runs again at 74 in 2020 and doubt he would win if he did but I definitely don't consider his win even remotely close to a landslide because of a bunch of rural counties when urban counties consist of millions of people.
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