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Posted: 12/16/2016 6:29:37 PM EDT
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/

Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.

To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.

As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state — California — where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
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This election couldn't be a better argument for the electoral college.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:34:02 PM EDT
[#1]
Here :

Number of states won:
Trump: 30
Clinton: 20
_________________
Trump: +10

Number of electoral votes won:
Trump: 306
Clinton: 232
_________________
Trump: + 68

Ave. margin of victory in winning states:
Trump: 56%
Clinton: 53.5%
_________________
Trump: + 2.5 points

Popular vote total:
Trump: 62,958,211
Clinton: 65,818,318
_________________
Clinton: + 2.8 million

Popular vote total outside California:
Trump: 58,474,401
Clinton: 57,064,530
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Trump: + 1.4 million
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:37:28 PM EDT
[#2]
Someone please show margin in NYC
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:38:34 PM EDT
[#3]
Well, those same 4.3 million idiots can vote for succession from the Republic.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:40:22 PM EDT
[#4]
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:42:05 PM EDT
[#5]
Nvm

NYC +1,508,000 for Hillary
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:43:53 PM EDT
[#6]
So remove CA and NYC and trump won the rest by nearly 6 million
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:44:34 PM EDT
[#7]
Oops 3.5 million
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:45:54 PM EDT
[#8]
And that margin in California (and the Democrats control of the state generally) is entirely due to the 1986 Amnesty and the subsequent Hispanic baby boom/mad dash for the border to get in on the amnesty.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:48:15 PM EDT
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So remove CA and NYC and trump won the rest by nearly 6 million
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I'm down. Let's do it.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:49:27 PM EDT
[#10]
I'd bet there is a reliable, scientific way to figure out how many illegal immigrant votes there were in Cali.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:49:41 PM EDT
[#11]
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Number of states won:
Trump: 30
Clinton: 20
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Trump: +10
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http://ijr.com/2016/12/754139-do-you-live-in-one-of-these-10-states-that-voted-for-hillary-chances-are-your-state-is-dying/ "Here is an amazing statistic. Of the 10 blue states that Hillary Clinton won by the largest percentage margins — California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut — every single one of them lost domestic migration (excluding immigration) over the last 10 years (2004-14). Nearly 2.75 million more Americans left California and New York than entered these states."
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:52:09 PM EDT
[#12]
Wasn't me.

My precinct and a bunch around me went for Trump.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:52:45 PM EDT
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I'm down. Let's do it.
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Most of those 3.5 Clinton votes in California probably came from illegals.  Let's see what happens when the sanctuary cities lose their federal funding.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:54:06 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:54:19 PM EDT
[#15]
Start requiring ID and proof of citizenship to vote and Democrats will never be in the WH again.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:54:27 PM EDT
[#16]
Remove all the illegals voting and Trump would have won the popular vote, guaranteed.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:55:39 PM EDT
[#17]
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Nvm

NYC +1,508,000 for Hillary
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Add a couple hundred thousand more from Philly
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 6:57:29 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:01:03 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:08:39 PM EDT
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Start requiring ID and proof of citizenship to vote and Democrats will never be in the WH again.
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Boom headshot!
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:09:48 PM EDT
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Well, those same 4.3 million idiots can vote for succession from the Republic.
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Not without a wall first.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:10:07 PM EDT
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Nvm

NYC +1,508,000 for Hillary
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I heard Long Island and Naussa County went trump? Can that be right?
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:19:46 PM EDT
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I heard Long Island and Naussa County went trump? Can that be right?
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Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:36:43 PM EDT
[#25]
Does it matter? Bush didn't win the popular vote in 2000 either. No love for either of NY or Ca, but they are Americans that voted. It is not a great argument. Just accept that Trump ran a campaign to win the electoral college not the popular vote. Who knows where Trump would have campaigned if it were up to the popular vote. He focused on the "rust belt" and other states to win not the popular vote.

Saying "if you exclude these states then Trump would have won the popular vote" is just silly. Focus on the next step not squabbling about the system both parties knowingly ran under.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:38:40 PM EDT
[#26]
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Here :

Number of states won:
Trump: 30
Clinton: 20
_________________
Trump: +10

Number of electoral votes won:
Trump: 306
Clinton: 232
_________________
Trump: + 68

Ave. margin of victory in winning states:
Trump: 56%
Clinton: 53.5%
_________________
Trump: + 2.5 points

Popular vote total:
Trump: 62,958,211
Clinton: 65,818,318
_________________
Clinton: + 2.8 million

Popular vote total outside California:
Trump: 58,474,401
Clinton: 57,064,530
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Trump: + 1.4 million
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Remind me again how we cut Cali loose?
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:42:31 PM EDT
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And that margin in California (and the Democrats control of the state generally) is entirely due to the 1986 Amnesty and the subsequent Hispanic baby boom/mad dash for the border to get in on the amnesty.
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So we can thank the so called GREAT CONSERVATIVE REAGAN for this.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:42:45 PM EDT
[#28]
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http://ijr.com/2016/12/754139-do-you-live-in-one-of-these-10-states-that-voted-for-hillary-chances-are-your-state-is-dying/ "Here is an amazing statistic. Of the 10 blue states that Hillary Clinton won by the largest percentage margins — California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut — every single one of them lost domestic migration (excluding immigration) over the last 10 years (2004-14). Nearly 2.75 million more Americans left California and New York than entered these states."
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Dude! Uncool! Those of us here in RI who aren't douchebagfaced , communist, fag fucking , cocksuckers are embarrassed enough. There's no reason for you to rub our noses in it.

Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:47:48 PM EDT
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Dude! Uncool! Those of us here in RI who aren't douchebagfaced , communist, fag fucking , cocksuckers are embarrassed enough. There's no reason for you to rub our noses in it. <img src=http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:56:26 PM EDT
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Quoted:
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/

Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.

To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.

As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state — California — where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
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This election couldn't be a better argument for the electoral college.
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Sadly, 87% of the population of this country is too dumb/ignorant to realize that, or to understand what the Founders did.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:57:12 PM EDT
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So remove CA and NYC and trump won the rest by nearly 6 million
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Which is why the rest of the states will never, ever, voluntarily cede their only means of political power by approving a constitutional amendment to do away with the electoral college system of voting.

Link Posted: 12/16/2016 7:57:55 PM EDT
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Dude! Uncool! Those of us here in RI who aren't douchebagfaced , communist, fag fucking , cocksuckers are embarrassed enough. There's no reason for you to rub our noses in it. <img src=http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src=http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
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The last I saw, 51% of Connecticut wants to get the fuck out.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 8:01:22 PM EDT
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Can someone put to words the number of house, senate (state and fed), and governors the Dems lost too?  Someone talked about it in a video that replied to the dems saying "trump lost the popular vote, you do not have a mandate".  Would love those stats for facebook wars :)
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 8:01:54 PM EDT
[#34]
Quoted:
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/

Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.

To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.

As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state — California — where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
View Quote


This election couldn't be a better argument for the electoral college.
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Clinton up four million in CA? There are maybe eight million Mexican illegals in CA, maybe more. Figure half of them voted (no one in CA will stop them). There you are.
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 8:04:34 PM EDT
[#35]
So if we get #calexit can she go there?
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 8:06:59 PM EDT
[#36]
Ever since Jerry Brown gave Illegals
Drivers licenses and instituted motor voter registration...

Making every vote count....
Link Posted: 12/16/2016 9:09:02 PM EDT
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Here :

Number of states won:
Trump: 30
Clinton: 20
_________________
Trump: +10

Number of electoral votes won:
Trump: 306
Clinton: 232
_________________
Trump: + 68

Ave. margin of victory in winning states:
Trump: 56%
Clinton: 53.5%
_________________
Trump: + 2.5 points

Popular vote total:
Trump: 62,958,211
Clinton: 65,818,318
_________________
Clinton: + 2.8 million

Popular vote total outside California:
Trump: 58,474,401
Clinton: 57,064,530
_________________
Trump: + 1.4 million
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Let me add some numbers

Total US population
330,000,000

Voter Eligible Population Total
231,500,000

Voter Eligible Population That Didn't Vote
95,899,115

Voters that DID vote
127 million

95 Million people DID NOT vote for either candidate meaning they were too lazy to vote or they did not like either candidate.


Hillary won less than 13% of the total population of this country and less than 25% of the total number of eligible voters in this country because she only won a small percentage of the people that did vote.


She is not the peoples choice by popularity, neither is DT but that's besides the point she CANNOT say that by winning the popular vote that translates into a majority of the population of this country prefers her to be president.




Link Posted: 12/16/2016 9:11:28 PM EDT
[#38]
Damn.......and I voted for Trump.....like 3 times.
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