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To be clear: Trump only won the presidential election in 2016 because of the Electoral College.

Trump says the Electoral College is advantageous to Democrats. But it played to his favor in 2016.

Why Trump says the Electoral College is better for Democrats.

7:05 PM · Jul 16, 2018

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Clarification: Trump was able to win the election despite losing the popular vote because he clinched narrow wins in key swing states. The Electoral College worked in his favor because it places more weight on swing states and props up smaller states. bit.ly/2Jv189A

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"To be clear, Trump only won the presidential election in 2016 because he won the presidential election." OK.

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My goodness thanks for clarifying

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"To be clear, Trump only won the presidential election because of rules and I don't like those rules because racism." - every Vox story ever

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If Hillary had won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote, democrats would be praising our election process. The EC was created by our founding fathers to prevent large urban states from always deciding the presidency. It’s not perfect but who wants CA & NY to decide?

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