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> Trump lost the popular vote by a significant margin I'm not sure the facts support that statement. As of this comment: Trump: 59,341,446 Clinton: 59,578,989
by briHass 10y ago
> Trump lost the popular vote by a significant margin
I'm not sure the facts support that statement. As of this comment:
Trump: 59,341,446
Clinton: 59,578,989
That's a difference of just 237,543 votes, out of about 125 million votes. Or, less than 1/5th of a percent difference.
- Retric 10y agoHe got 47.5% of the popular vote. Which is slightly lower than 47.7% for Hillary, but a long way from 50.001%. Calling 47.5:52.5 a 1:1 ratio is rather far off it's 1:1.105.
- briHass 10y agoI suppose what you're saying is that Johnson (3%), Stein (1%) and other (0.7%) means that not everyone in the country voted for one of the two. While true, the relative difference between the two main contenders is what matters. According to Wikipedia's chart, this is the 3rd closest popular vote elections in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...
- LeifCarrotson 10y agoMore to the point, not all of those 59,341,446 Trump voters are happy that he won. They're just not quite as sad as they would have been if Hillary had won.