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Campaign trails are also designed with the electoral vote in mind. Saying Hillary would have won if the election was based on popular vote, is not necessarily t
by overcast 10y ago
Campaign trails are also designed with the electoral vote in mind. Saying Hillary would have won if the election was based on popular vote, is not necessarily true.
- Mikeb85 10y agoThis. Trump optimized to win the election, and Hillary ignored a bunch of states she thought she'd easily win (some of which she didn't).
- enraged_camel 10y agoI'm not sure Trump optimized for anything. Rumors from his inner circle suggest he didn't expect to win, and was surprised when he did.
- cmdrfred 10y agoDoesn't that make Hillary's loss all the more embarssing then?
- nerfhammer 10y agoSort of hard for either of them when the polls turned out to be completely wrong
- Mikeb85 10y agoPolls aren't meant to be predictive. They're meant to be influential.
- AaronFriel 10y agoThe final national polls turned out to be quite accurate.
- kup0 10y agoThis is a good point. If it was known to be a popular vote from the beginning, the strategy of the campaigns would have been different, so it's difficult to tell what would have happened. It seems common sense, but thanks for this input because it pulled my brain out of a bubble for a moment.