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Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Now Over Two Million
NBC News ^ | 11/23/16

Posted on 11/23/2016 1:23:50 PM PST by Impala64ssa

As additional votes have been counted in the presidential election, especially on the West Coast, Hillary Clinton's national popular-vote lead over Donald Trump now exceeds 2 million votes, according to an ongoing tally by the Cook Political Report's David Wasserman.

Hillary Clinton's vote total is 64,223,986 (48.1% of the vote), while Trump's is 62,206,395 (46.6%) - a difference of 2,017,591 votes (1.5%).

To put that popular-vote margin into perspective, Al Gore's popular-vote lead over George W. Bush in 2000 - when Bush won the Electoral College - was 547,000 votes. Also noteworthy: Clinton's 64-plus million votes is nearing in on the 65.9 million Barack Obama won in 2012.

Of course, presidents are elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote, and what sunk Clinton's campaign was her performance in the key battleground states, particularly in the Midwest. And by Wasserman's count, Trump beat Clinton in 13 key swing states by a 48.5%-to-46.6% margin. In the non-swing states, though, Clinton is ahead of Trump 48.9%-to-45.6%.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2016popularvote; 270; clinton; election; trump
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To: Impala64ssa

This is nothing but idle musing ... designed solely to change our country from a Republic to a Democratic (Socialist) state ... without having to amend the Constitution (e.g., by have an activist judge declare the EC vote invalid on the basis of “fairness” or, more likely, by encouraging the states to pass laws to have their EC members vote according to the national result rather than the state’s result.)


21 posted on 11/23/2016 1:30:55 PM PST by glennaro
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To: Impala64ssa

make it 1 billion for all I care. Just STFU and keep crying you lib p*ssies


22 posted on 11/23/2016 1:31:06 PM PST by max americana
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To: Impala64ssa

So NY and CA/IL voted 80% for Harpy. It is an election of all the states not just the big 3.

Pray America woke


23 posted on 11/23/2016 1:31:47 PM PST by bray (The Silent Majority ROARED)
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To: Impala64ssa

This makes the victory all the sweeter


24 posted on 11/23/2016 1:31:56 PM PST by BRL
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To: hanamizu
I’ve read that 1.5 million of that is in Los Angeles County alone.

Well whattyaknow.

Los Angeles County Election Results

25 posted on 11/23/2016 1:32:33 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Clinton's actions speak louder than Trump's words.)
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To: Impala64ssa

To quote Hillary: “What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?”


26 posted on 11/23/2016 1:32:44 PM PST by Keen-Minded
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To: thorvaldr

Its bad enough CA decides the election for states like OR.


27 posted on 11/23/2016 1:32:48 PM PST by bray (The Silent Majority ROARED)
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To: Impala64ssa
1960 World Series:

Yankees score 55 runs
Pirates score 27 runs

Yankees win 3 games
Pirates win 4 games

Pirates are the champions.

28 posted on 11/23/2016 1:33:26 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: nickedknack
California, where Trump barely campaigned and illegal aliens vote by the train load.

And Republicans had better things to do with their time than stand in line for hours to vote.

29 posted on 11/23/2016 1:33:28 PM PST by Drew68
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To: dp0622
I REALLY desire it to be a peaceful transition.

It won't be peaceful. I think the inauguration ceremony should be held away from the protesters, to shield Trump from the assassin's bullet. Soros's zombies will be out in force that day. The left is insane with rage and they won't be mollified.

30 posted on 11/23/2016 1:33:32 PM PST by bkopto
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To: Impala64ssa

I know early voting started 2 months early, when does late voting end?


31 posted on 11/23/2016 1:34:17 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Impala64ssa

Print out all the votes you want, Hillary. All the ones that mattered have been counted.


32 posted on 11/23/2016 1:35:40 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Impala64ssa

This to me is like a football team that has more yards of total offense expecting to be given the win even though the other team scored more points.


33 posted on 11/23/2016 1:36:04 PM PST by babble-on
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To: SoFloFreeper

exactly that.


34 posted on 11/23/2016 1:36:40 PM PST by babble-on
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To: Impala64ssa

I didn’t realize voting was still going on somewhere ...


35 posted on 11/23/2016 1:36:59 PM PST by x
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To: Impala64ssa

Hillary thought her campaign war chest, her allies in the media, and Obama’s support would make the race a cake walk. But then Bernie happened. He stuck around much longer than expected and caused her to expend money and energy to defeat him. And then Trump’s brand of populism caught on and suddenly her comfortable lead evaporated. Again, this caused her to expend more money and energy. She didn’t run out of money but she ran out of energy and failed to make visits to key states in the end. She flat out lost because she was too complacent and underestimated the effort required to win.

Given the populous states of California and New York, winning the popular vote was never really in question. Trump was never going to bring in more votes than she did. He did, however, capture the states he needed to win. That’s how the game is played.

The team that brings in the most fans doesn’t win. The team that puts the most points on the board does.


36 posted on 11/23/2016 1:37:02 PM PST by Starboard
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To: headstamp 2

She was “studying” (the leaked questions) for the debates. That’s what she said!


37 posted on 11/23/2016 1:37:22 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Impala64ssa

I love tweaking my libtard friends when they harp on this. I’m like, “Wow, hard to believe that all of those Harvard grads working for Hillary didn’t know that the election is not decided in California, but in the battleground states. Not smart!”


38 posted on 11/23/2016 1:37:24 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: bkopto

I’m talking about this recount trouble that hillary put stein up to, probably for a huge amount of cash.


39 posted on 11/23/2016 1:38:09 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: thorvaldr

Yup.

The EC makes many more states and voters relevant and integral and vital to the presidential election process. The liberals always say they want as many people involved and to have their voices heard. The EC process does this so much better than a popular vote.

But since they lost then its the system’s fault and the rules must be changed. When they lose again they will again demand rules be changed. Rules they were fine with when they won under them.

Why were they not changing the rules after obamas wind inm08 and 12? They had 8 years to push a change through if it was this serious an issue.


40 posted on 11/23/2016 1:39:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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