Posted on 12/04/2016 7:13:08 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Hillary won a plurality, nothing more, but lost the election. That's the way it is.
I am quite fascinated with the obsession the Left currently has with the popular vote for President. As usual this is a matter of expediency, desperation to get their own way given the results of the election, and the usual public deception for how our system actually works. There certainly isnt a shred of principle involved. So lets investigate this a bit.
We are a Republic, thank God, not a Democracy, so the popular vote is irrelevant to presidential elections. It simply doesnt matter, it is meaningless, so talking about it is just an obsession with nothing. We elect by Electoral College, a brilliant system that involves the whole country in the election, and not just a few big, urban cities full of government dependent Democrats. The system is designed to make the best decision for President, and in this case it worked perfectly.
How about ONE VOTE PER STATE?
Whoever gets the most States wins - keep it easy and simple.
ONE VOTE PER STATE - KEEP IT EQUAL.
If you take California out of the mix, Trump won the popular vote by 2.2 million.
In other words, Hillary! won the popular vote in CA, and Trump won the overall popular vote in the other 49 (or is it 56) states.
Thank you, but I believe that shows the vote by county. The win would look even more dramatic if it was by precinct.
Translation: Do your own research next time.
Trump won 3,084 of 3,151 counties in the U.S. Hillary only won 57.
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Assuming blue equals Clinton county wins then I can count
many more that 57 colored in blue on your map.
You've got a a lot more free time on your hands than I do. I didn't count them. It could be just illustrative of the blue-red divide in the country instead of being specific to this election. I have no idea.
Those are counties and I think Clinton won 27 or so in Texas and
something around 500 or so nationwide.
Fake news or undocumented statistics? Nowadays, who knows what to believe.
Click for Texas map 27 counties Hillary won
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/09/see-which-counties-texas-trump-and-clinton-won/
Sorry, I didn’t include the nationwide info.
In this article, the Post twists themselves into a pretzel with their heads up their arses, to come up with something, anything that diminishes Trumps win and makes it sound like Hillary won where it counted.
Not talking about the article only the stats and those are stats not opinions.
Read "How To Lie With Statistics". It was the textbook for a class I took in graduate school by the same name while I was working on my MBA.
You can make the same "stats" to mean anything you want. The point being, facts are only as accurate and revealing as you want them to be.
Your numbers may be correct, but realize that there are other sources quoting different numbers. The Washington Post has a reputation for being anti-conservative and anti-Trump. They have their own agenda and will manipulate the numbers to match that agenda.
Speaking of lying with statistics is this your version of a lie using stats?
.....Trump won 3,084 of 3,151 counties in the U.S. Hillary only won 57......
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3501289/posts?page=22#22
Like I wrote previously, your numbers may very well be correct but I don't see any proof that the lying, biased Washington Post is any more truthful or accurate than TruthFeed. They were wrong about everything else during this past campaign and election. Maybe they've changed their ways after being so wrong all along.
That's the point I'm trying to make. You have your source. I have my source. On what basis do we decide who is correct?
Did not the small number of counties listed for Hillary, 57 not make you at least curious
since she won the popular vote? How do you win the popular vote and not not win many counties
across the fruited plain?
The map you posted should have been an awakening to that fact, imo. Anyway take care
and have a good rest of the day, evening. I’m out of here to do some other things.
Did not the data you posted give you at least a little pause about their accuracy, since they were obtained from the liberally-biased, lying Washington Post? How could they be so wrong about this election for so long and then all of the sudden be right?
The Washington Compost link you posted should have been an awakening to that fact, imo.
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