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Presidential Election Results [Clinton Leads Trump By 240,000 In Popular Vote]
CBS News ^ | 09 November 2016

Posted on 11/09/2016 9:25:19 AM PST by zeestephen

Without the Electoral College, neither George W. Bush or Donald Trump would have won their first term.

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KEYWORDS: electoralcollege; trump2016
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To: Shadow44
Now these RINO hacks are saying Trump “owes them”.

After the way they've acted for the last year, the only thing Trump owes them is the broad side of his Oxfords.

81 posted on 11/09/2016 9:50:29 AM PST by GCC Catholic (Stay out of the weeds! Let's hold fast to the path and Make America Great Again!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

That’s the whole ballgame. Borders, Langauge, and Culture, in that order.


82 posted on 11/09/2016 9:50:31 AM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: zeestephen

Trump won the popular vote in more states than the Hildabeast. Give no quarter.


83 posted on 11/09/2016 9:51:47 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: zeestephen

What is the final Electoral vote count for DJT?

I have looked and can not find it completed.


84 posted on 11/09/2016 9:51:57 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies (...lock..her...up...and..him..too....all of them.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The want to use their huge vote margins in CA, NY, and IL to win the Presidency forever.


85 posted on 11/09/2016 9:52:02 AM PST by kabar
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To: zeestephen

Trump won the popular vote in more states than the Hildabeast. Give no quarter.


86 posted on 11/09/2016 9:52:44 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: grey_whiskers

You have only to look at the election map to see that President-elect Trump won the vast majority of the country. And in some states where it was close, he had sometimes 90% of the state except for the big metropolis. He may not have been the perfect candidate but as far as I know, he is not an evil man. And his stamina has been remarkable! The talking heads did not want to admit his victory! The ‘polls’ were wrong and all the media bias did not fool America this time. Americans do not want gun control, loss of religious and other freedoms. Americans do not want the unaffordable health care act or that commoncore that dumbs down our children. Americans do not want grown men entering the restroom with our wives, sister, and daughters. Americans want America to be great again and to stop funding terrorists and allowing terrorist infiltration.


87 posted on 11/09/2016 9:56:46 AM PST by magdalen (An American patriot)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Electoral not complete yet, according to the AP and NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president
http://interactives.ap.org/2016/general-election/?SITE=APQA


88 posted on 11/09/2016 9:58:51 AM PST by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: Preston Manning

“Thank God the founders had the wisdom to dream up the electoral college.”

Just because you said it first doesn’t mean I can’t say it too.


89 posted on 11/09/2016 10:00:21 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: grey_whiskers

this
she probably owes at least half of that lead to fraud in Broward County FL where there were more votes than residents

and then there’s the 400,000+ votes in Philadelphia....

etc etc etc


90 posted on 11/09/2016 10:00:37 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Right. Hillary today kept calling the US a Democracy....I was yelling at the screen - a Republic!


91 posted on 11/09/2016 10:04:53 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: zeestephen
Trump won the popular vote in enough states to get more than 270 electoral votes.

The electoral college prevented a tyranny of the majority, exactly as it was intended to do.

92 posted on 11/09/2016 10:06:28 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: zeestephen

The electoral vote was a sign of our founding father’s brilliance. Look at the geography that Trump won.


93 posted on 11/09/2016 10:08:33 AM PST by IC Ken
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To: zeestephen

I like the implication that Trump will win a second term.


94 posted on 11/09/2016 10:08:45 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: zeestephen

“Without the Electoral College, neither George W. Bush or Donald Trump would have won their first term.”

And neither would have John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B Hayes and Benjamin Harrison.

It happens sometimes.

Take CA out of the equasion, Trump wins the popular vote by 2,000,000


95 posted on 11/09/2016 10:08:55 AM PST by Angels27
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To: Blueflag
Does the popular vote lead persist in ANY state the REQUIRES a voter ID?????

FWIW, Florida requires ID to vote.

96 posted on 11/09/2016 10:08:58 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: zeestephen

Exit poll questions are interesting.

My take is, the biggest issues were:

- IMMIGRATION
- POOR ECONOMY
- SUPREME COURT
- OBAMACARE

These issues were quite stark in their separation between the candidates,


97 posted on 11/09/2016 10:11:22 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: Angels27
“Without the Electoral College, neither George W. Bush or Donald Trump would have won their first term.”

Pure speculation. You have no idea how their campaigns would have been structured in order to win the popular vote. If they were focused on winning the popular vote, they very well may have won, anyway.

98 posted on 11/09/2016 10:11:59 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: zeestephen

Trump lost Va by 60,000 votes- the number of ex-cons the Va Governor gave the right to vote. Ironic?
Plus most of Hillary’s votes came from NY and Ca.Given non-factor states.


99 posted on 11/09/2016 10:12:57 AM PST by PattyinMD (What goes around comes around.)
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To: Angels27

For example, how many people here in Texas who supported Trump didn’t even bother to vote, because he knew he had the State wrapped up?

In a popular vote, they certainly would have voted for Trump. It cuts both ways. How many people in California who would have supported Trump stayed home, because they figured it wouldn’t matter?


100 posted on 11/09/2016 10:13:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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