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I'd like to add to the question: How could Trump gain more than 50% of the Electoral Votes given he had even less than 50% of the absolute votes? (According to:

I'd like to add to the question: How could Trump gain more than 50% of the Electoral Votes given he had even less than 50% of the absolute votes? (According to: http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president )

taejo 10y ago
Because most of the votes Hillary got didn't help her win electoral votes: if you get 80% of the vote in a state, that gets you just as many electors as 50%+1. The remaining 30% is "wasted".
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npiazza83 10y ago
http://imgur.com/a/5GTem http://imgur.com/a/5GTem