[–] ThisWeirdWeirdWorld 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
but Clinton did win the popular vote
Except that particular popular vote has never mattered. The ones that count are the 50 individual popular votes where voters in each state express their opinion to their electors. She lost 30 out of 50 of those.
Getting 2% more of the national popular vote, because the most populous states in the land gave you a few extra beyond what was needed to win their popular vote, is meaningless.
She got trounced because she lost states that haven't went Red since 1988
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[–] Rummel [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
When Clinton loses practically all working class yellow dog Democrat strongholds and only wins the welfare states, it might as well be a landslide.