Everyone here understands popular vote doesn't directly impact electoral vote, but a large popular vote gap is a massive warning signal on which way swing states are going to land.
Trump lost to Hilary by 2% of the popular vote, and won the electoral college by carrying swing states that Democrats have recently won like Michigan and Pennsylvania by a small margin. If Trump loses the popular vote by 12% or 10% or even 5%, those states will swing back to blue, and it will be an electoral loss.
those states will swing back to blue, and it will be an electoral loss
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It would be an EPIC loss for the country. One that we would never recover from because we would be firmly on the path toward one party rule. The Left will never allow another Donald Trump or even a close election. They want the Chinese model.