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> Trump got fewer votes than McCain or Romney A quick google search proves that's not true. That claim is actually one of the many fake news stories of this el
by Pilfer 10y ago
> Trump got fewer votes than McCain or Romney
A quick google search proves that's not true. That claim is actually one of the many fake news stories of this election.
- grzm 10y agoI think doing this kind of fact checking is useful. I'd encourage you to include the best of the references you found in your comment. Would you share those with us here?
- Pilfer 10y agoJust check Wikipedia. McCain 2008 got 59,948,323 votes; Romney 2012 got 60,933,504 votes; and Trump 2016 got 62,979,636 votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...