Posted on 11/13/2016 9:38:02 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Ok, so let’s set the record straight on this whole petition thing floating around that has now received over 3 million signatures called “Electoral College: Make Hillary Clinton President on December 19”.
The argument is that Hillary won the popular vote, so we should abolish the electoral college altogether and the state electors should abandon the electoral votes for Trump, and instead vote Hillary into office. There’s just one problem, liberals…Hillary DID NOT win the popular vote. Here’s why.
First of all, she’s probably not going to win the actual number of votes cast. She may win the number of votes counted, but not the votes cast.
States don’t count their absentee ballots unless the number of outstanding absentee ballots is larger than the state margin of difference. If there is a margin of 1,000 votes counted and there are 1,300 absentee ballots outstanding, then the state tabulates those. If the number of outstanding absentee ballots wouldn’t influence the election results, then the absentee ballots aren’t counted.
Who votes by absentee ballot? Students overseas, the military, businesspeople on trips, etc. The historical breakout for absentee ballots is about 67-33% Republican. In 2000, when Al Gore “won” the popular vote nationally by 500,000 votes and the liberal media screamed bloody murder, there were 2 million absentee ballots in California alone. A 67-33 breakout of those yields a 1.33 to 0.66 million Republican vote advantage, so Bush would have gotten a 667,000-vote margin from California’s uncounted absentee ballots alone! So much for Gore’s 500,000 popular vote “victory.” (That was the headline on the N.Y. Times, and it was the lead story on NBC Nightly News, right? No? You’re kidding.)
So, the next time someone says “Hillary won the popular vote” you can give them this little election lesson, as most people have no idea that hundreds of thousands of ballots are never even counted.
Statistically, there is no way Hillary Clinton won the popular vote this year because 2/3rds of the uncounted absentee ballots would have gone against her.
Absentee ballots are only counted when there are enough of them to affect the result.
....not to mention the need to back out Obama’s illegal votes/no repercussion numbers, as well as the run of the mill Dem fraud numbers....
it varies by state whether they count them or not when not needed to decide the result
I agree, but the absentees alone make the case.
I rather doubt that is true. The state margin may be large, but down-ballot races may be tight. All legitimate ballots are counted.
Don’t forget the illegal alien vote.
The stolen votes alone gives Trump another 600000 edge.
You mean that if there aren’t enough votes to affect the presidential race the toss the votes in the sheriff’s race in the trashcan?
This need to stop being propagated, as it is not accurate for all states. If there is anything we conservatives should be consistent about, it is that the truth should be our primary concern.
Hillary lost even with 5 million fake votes from illegals and dead people.
Democrats committed massive voter fraud . It’s democrats who almost stole the election
Also, it’s a moronic argument to make since we have no idea who would have showed up in uncontested states if they knew their vote was going to matter.
Trump game planned to win the Electoral College. Crooked campaigned like she was drunk and lazy because she was. This pissing and moaning over the popular vote is just more sour grapes from professional complainers and losers.
These naysayers are out of line. As someone pointed out on Stephanapoulos' panel this AM (not a lot of happy campers), Trump did knock Jeb and all the others far worse than him out of contention. Can't everybody agree that's a good thing?
ALL VOTES MATTER ?
I feel every ballot, absentee or otherwise, should be counted, otherwise many people went to the extent of getting an absentee ballot for NOTHING?
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD EVERY VOTE COUNTS...MAKE THEM ALL COUNT..
Interesting point. Thank you. Good post.
Which makes absolutely no sense, since there were other items on the ballots that were cast. If they have to process the ballots for the other items, they should count every part.
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