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>turnout "Obama got 65.9m votes in '12, Romney 60.9m. Clinton has 59.3m, Trump 59.1m. R vote didn't go up; Dem vote went down. 6.6m missing votes." https://tw
by daodedickinson 10y ago
>turnout
"Obama got 65.9m votes in '12, Romney 60.9m. Clinton has 59.3m, Trump 59.1m. R vote didn't go up; Dem vote went down. 6.6m missing votes."
https://twitter.com/MaxBoot/status/796378238306160641 https://twitter.com/MaxBoot/status/796378238306160641
- vkou 10y agoWe don't have final counts yet - these numbers will increase. Voter turnout this election was high.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI sat out as a Sanders supporter. I am sure I am not alone. EDIT: 1. I viewed Sanders support of Clinton as forced/coerced, as in "We let you compete in the Democratic primary, now you owe us". EDIT 2: By agreeing to support Clinton, she adopted some of his left leaning policies (in show only though, such as not supporting fracking or the TPP). 2. Of course I voted down ballot. EDIT 3: Getting really tired of these HN throttling limits.
- readhn 10y agoA lot of my friends did the same.
- kristjansson 10y agoDid you at least vote down-ballot?
- grzm 10y agoHow did you view Sander's support of Hillary?
- grzm 10y agoAfter Hillary became the Democratic candidate, what was Sander's incentive for doing endorsing and continuing to support Hillary? What leverage would force/coerce him? He had at least two other options: remain silent, or endorse Trump.
- daodedickinson 10y agoWell, the WikiLeaks revealed they had some sort of "agreement" with leverage although I don't know exactly what it was.
- dannylandau 10y agoThis disparity in numbers is the most salient point about this election, period.