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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Hillary's popular vote win came from CA." Here's the answer to that: [View all]Cha
(312,269 posts)11. Yes, the drumpfs are trying to erase Hillary's popular vote win by
by saying that and you have an excellent retort
Remember at first they were saying 2 million illegals voted and that's why she had more votes.
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Both statements are true. Unfortunately that doesn't change the result.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2016
#2
I know. She could be 5 million, even 10 million ahead in the popular vote and still lose.
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#5
And with the 7+ million that went 3rd party, that's more than 10 million he didn't get. n/t
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#8
as much as the trumpenstein crowd doesnt like it, californians are AMERICans too nt
msongs
Dec 2016
#6
The mere fact that we even have to argue something so obvious only gives tRump's Nazi Party undeserved credibility.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#16
+1. And Texas and those counties are still going to be part of the vote in 2020
onenote
Dec 2016
#36
I keep my response to: "Hillary's pop vote majority came from Americans."
Pacifist Patriot
Dec 2016
#22
really the whole point of popular vote (vs. electoral college) is that geography doesn't matter.
unblock
Dec 2016
#26
Why talk about popular vote? As we all know all too well its the electoral vote that counts.
Joe941
Dec 2016
#29