Posted on 04/26/2018 12:30:13 PM PDT by Simon Green
President Trump on Thursday argued that he'd rather see the presidential election be determined based on the popular vote than the current Electoral College system, claiming it would be "much easier to win."
"They also like to always talk about [the] Electoral College. Well, it's an election based on the Electoral College. I would rather have a popular election, but it's a totally different campaign," Trump said during an interview with "Fox & Friends."
"It's as though you're running — if you're a runner you're practicing for the 100-yard dash as opposed to the one mile," he continued. "The Electoral College is different. I would rather have the popular vote, because it's — to me, it's much easier to win."
Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, securing 304 electoral votes to Clinton's 207.
However, Clinton defeated Trump in the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.
Trump has claimed without any evidence that his defeat in the popular vote was due to widespread voter fraud.
The president has frequently touted his election victory in the 15 months he’s been in office, often explaining that it is difficult for a Republican to win the general election based on the way votes are divvied up in the Electoral College.
A month after the election, Trump took to Twitter to claim that he would have performed "even better" in the 2016 campaign if it had been based on the popular vote.
"Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!" he tweeted, referencing his Democratic opponent.
It’s just Trump saying a lib head-exploder comment, that’s all it is.
She's said for a few years that the Electoral College should be thrown out....until Obama one by EC decree.
Headline...."Trump concedes that Hillary won"....
Meanwhile, the democrats know what gets them their precious popular vote meme, and want no changes.
The office is called President of the United States, not President of the American People.
There is a drastic difference.
Hillary...Hillary...Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Heh heh heh
I have no idea why Trump insists on that, other than the alleged fact that the witch got more popular vote. Our Founders decided that was not the way to elect the president. They made the right decision.
There is no law of nature states that popular vote is inevitably correct and right.
No way.
Large States already have too much say.
I think it ought to be more like the Senate, 2 per State.
Good point. Those touting Hillary’s greater vote count don’t know how many _would_ have voted for Trump if their vote actually meant something (vs Electoral College neutralizing any excess votes in a jurisdiction).
With those votes being cast & meaningful in a popular vote, Trump would then just have to sway the votes of “half plus one” of the remaining difference. Given a year where he’s gaining supporters, even cracking the bedrock of the Left’s base, his success as POTUS would likely sway enough for him were his second term be counted by popular vote.
All that said, I think he’s just trolling - embracing another Leftist talking point, causing them to flee their own in terror.
What happens if the popular vote is too close. Will there have to be a national recount?
The electoral college was put there by the founding fathers. I’m always amazed at how insightful they were.
“Trump has claimed without any evidence that his defeat in the popular vote was due to widespread voter fraud.”
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Only the left comes up with that answer.
yet they ALWAYS KEEP MAKING LAWS AGAINST VOTER ID.
&^%##!! Noooooooo!!!
“LOL, sit back and watch the MARXISTS heads explode at this one.”
Nah. They’ll wait until they take back congress and then remind Trump he said this. He’ll probably go along with it because he thinks he’ll win the pop vote next time.
LOL. Mr. President just threw a spiked bone to the hillary supporters. Watch them take a huge bite and then bleed by the mouth to death. MAGA by letting the left eat itself.
Moreover it was fracking DANGEROUS every time he tried! Sneaking across freeways and down alleys. But not only that, dangerous to his supporters. They were absolutely determined that there were places that he was not going to be allowed to go, because not one person in the area was going to be allowed to find out what he’s really like.
I don’t want the big cities electing the President. I want my vote, in my very small city to count.
Illegal aliens in Los Angeles and New York will determine the presidential election, as well as nut-job liberals in those two cities if it is based only on the popular vote.
Millions of illegals voted in California alone.
Hitlery Rotten Criminal stole the popular vote.
They would probably be all for it. The four presidents that have won while losing the popular vote have been Republicans.
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