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he lost the popular vote but thanks to the Electoral College won the presidency
by philk10 8y ago
he lost the popular vote but thanks to the Electoral College won the presidency
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoBecause, of course, he campaigned to the Electoral College (put advertising effort where the most Electoral College votes could be leveraged). Why the Democrats didn't do this is appalling.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Because, of course, he campaigned to the Electoral College Regardless of the validity of this argument as to Constitutional legitimacy, it's inapplicable to th claim made upthread which is that “the people chose him as their President”. They did not.
- paulddraper 8y agoThe electoral college determines the presidency, so Trump and Hillary campaigned for the electoral college, and Trump won. If the popular vote won the presidency, Trump and Hillary would have campaigned for the popular vote, and there's no way of knowing what that outcome would have been.