Even so, losing the popular vote means Trump has a constricted "mandate" and could be compelled to moderate. A sliver lining, perhaps.
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After losing the popular vote in 2000, G. W. Bush made an explicit attempt to focus on "bipartisan" initiatives like "No Child Left Behind"
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The candidates don't compete to win the popular vote. They compete to win 270 electoral votes.
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exactly. If it was a popular vote contest from the outset, we would have totally different results.
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but Hillary also neglected Wisconsin and Michigan. Anyway, this wouldn't be an issue if we had instant-runoff voting.
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If presidents were elected by popular vote, more voters would turn out in solid blue and red states.
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And it would depress turnout in the rest. Why bother when CA & NY could practically deliver the presidency.
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living in San Diego, this is 100% tru
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wait, did Clinton?
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Clinton's model-based GOTV may have been too sloppy. (This jives with accounts I've heard) http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_582533b1e4b060adb56ddc27 …
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it undermines the argument of fascists that Trump won a mandate and the majority of Americans are behind him.
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@KIR_bigg50 did she even win the popular vote? Stuffing the box with fake ballots I trust nothing bout@TheDemocrats of#wallstreetThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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