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Clinton Wins Fewer Electoral Votes Than Any Dem Since 1988
Opposing Views ^ | November 10, 2016 | Oren Peleg

Posted on 12/15/2016 2:37:52 PM PST by Cheerio

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton may have won the popular vote in the 2016 election -- and by an incredibly slim margin -- but her electoral vote is one of the lowest in recent history. Having won over 60 million votes (50.12 percent of the popular vote), Clinton gained only 228 electoral votes -- the lowest for any Democrat since Michael Dukakis ran in 1988.

"This is the worst Democratic performance in the electoral college since Dukakis 88," Chuck Todd, a news anchor for NBC, tweeted on Nov. 9.

(Excerpt) Read more at opposingviews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; dems; hillary2016
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To: Liz

:0) mine also!!!


21 posted on 12/15/2016 3:05:01 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

LOL......a great gift under the tree.


22 posted on 12/15/2016 3:05:44 PM PST by Liz
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To: Fiddlstix

Clinton and the Lib Media bought into the narrative they created — that Clinton would win.

They ignored the facts.

They refused to acknowledge that Clinton might lose. Even worse, they refused to believe that Trump might actually win. They got caught up in their own little bubble-universe.

Even on election night, during the early counts, they were ready to proclaim Clinton the winner. But, as the counts continued, many of those states changed. They were choking on their own numbers.


23 posted on 12/15/2016 3:06:58 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Cheerio

The flip side, which no one in the media is likely to report:

President Trump Wins More Electoral Votes Than Any Republican Since 1988 (George H. W. Bush, as a Reagan third term).


24 posted on 12/15/2016 3:07:34 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Cecily

It was indeed satisfying to watch someone who wouldn’t cringe and defer to her, and who proceeded to verbally backhand her on national TV.

She was seething with fury. And that in itself was entertainment - watching that plastic grin start to break.

She messed with the wrong person. He brought a Louisville Slugger to the plate, and she was expecting a feather duster.

Play with Boys, expect a shot in the ‘chones.


25 posted on 12/15/2016 3:07:49 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Cheerio
Couldn't happen to a nicer Party!
26 posted on 12/15/2016 3:08:34 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: stylin19a

>>she didn’t win the popular vote. she got the most popular votes, but... approx 52% ( or 70 million) voted for someone else.

Nothing says that the presidential election requires a majority of the votes. If her 48% is higher than anyone else’s percentage, then she won it. The whole plurality vs majority thing is a red herring that no FReeper should waste time looking at. The real issue is the voter fraud that got her the 48%.


27 posted on 12/15/2016 3:09:25 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: Cheerio

She didn’t win the popular vote as there is no such thing.


28 posted on 12/15/2016 3:12:46 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Ding ding...we have a winner!


29 posted on 12/15/2016 3:17:42 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Cheerio

You know, it’s funny the other side says “look at her popular vote win, that shows the elections was rigged in the states”. I say, how does one win so few states and have a two million popular vote win, UNLESS the fraud is occurring big time in heavily dem states in cities like Cali?

I’d love to go over those votes in Cali. If Detroit was caught cheating imagine what they’d find in the state of the “undocumented” voter?


30 posted on 12/15/2016 3:19:11 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Paulie

The Russians are counting, the Russians are counting!


31 posted on 12/15/2016 3:22:18 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Doogle

Which doesn’t add up with her bad showing in the EC, and the recounts didn’t help, and only showed Detroit is committing voter fraud. Imagine California!!
That popular vote they keep talking about is FAKE NEWS. I’m not saying she didn’t win it, but I bet it was by less than a million.


32 posted on 12/15/2016 3:22:38 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: SaxxonWoods

I stayed up election night until 4am in the morning and DJT was winning the popular vote until California reported all it’s districts. Then it flipped to Hillary and the more Cali counted their mail in ballots in the following days/weeks the larger her margin grew.

Not saying she didn’t come out ahead in the popular vote but anyone really wanna try to sell us there is NO fraud or illegals in Cali who voted by the thousands? Please.


33 posted on 12/15/2016 3:25:19 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Cheerio

Remember back in the beginning of the primaries:

‘THE TRUMP TRAIN’

WINNING AGAIN: Nobody likes a loser.

OUR ‘UNBIASED’ POLITICAL MEDIA: For a long time I’ve been the man the media loves to hate.

IMMIGRATION: Good walls make Good Neighbors.

FOREIGN POLICY: Fighting for Peace. The career diplomats who got us into many foreign policy messes say I have no experience in foreign policy.

EDUCATION: A Failing Grade.

THE ENERGY DEBATE: A lot of Hot Air.

HEALTHCARE: Is making us all sick.

ECONOMY: It’s still the Economy, Stupid.

NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST:I am really a nice guy, but I have a nasty habit that most career politicians don’t have: I tell the truth.

LUCKY TO BE AN AMERICAN: The day I was born I had already won the greatest lottery on Earth, I was born in the United States of America.

SECOND AMENDMENT: The right to bear arms.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING: There are some things so obvious that even Joe Biden can see them.

VALUES: Or how do I achieve happiness?

A NEW GAME IN TOWN: I don’t think the White House needs any bright neon signs on the roof.

TEACHING THE MEDIA DOLLARS AND SENSE: Trump will not run. He won’t officially declare his candidacy because the Ethics in Government Act requires those running for federal office to file disclosures of their personal finances.

A TAX CODE THAT WORKS: One thing that everybody agrees about is that our tax system doesn’t work.

MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: We can take a crippled country and make it great again. Our country has been allowed to languish and become a tarnished, second-class place in the eyes of the world.

CRIPPLED AMERICA, written by Donald J. Trump.


34 posted on 12/15/2016 3:25:38 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Cheerio

““This is the worst Democratic performance in the electoral college since Dukakis 88,” Chuck Todd, a news anchor for NBC, tweeted on Nov. 9.”

Yeah, and not only that but poor ol’ Dukakis lost without his opponent having help from “russian hackers”. Think how badly Dukakis would have lost if Bush had had “russian hackers” on his side!


35 posted on 12/15/2016 3:28:14 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: snarkytart

We won’t know until spring sometime


36 posted on 12/15/2016 3:28:41 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Bryanw92
yeah, except your way allows the RAT MSM to continue to dictate an incorrect dialog and they shouldn't have that luxury

as an example: from 12/13/2016 - Richard Cohen - Wash. Post

At least 2.8 million more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump. That does not mean that Clinton actually won the election -- she lost the Electoral College and that's what counts -- but it is nevertheless true that Clinton was not just the candidate of the limousine set, but of most voters.

which is just flat out not true.
37 posted on 12/15/2016 3:32:47 PM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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To: Mr Apple

They all knew she had the highest negatives of any candidate they could have run.


38 posted on 12/15/2016 3:33:29 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: miss marmelstein

I’d vote for a woman who reminded me of my wife every time.


39 posted on 12/15/2016 3:43:39 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Cheerio

Celllll-ebrate good times, come on!

The peepuls have not just spoken...they shouted out loud!


40 posted on 12/15/2016 3:45:10 PM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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