The polls got it right. She won by 3 million votes. Don the fat Con only won by 80,000 votes across three states.
And Hillary Clinton enjoyed high approval ratings throughout her term as senator and Secretary of State. Sorry that upsets you so...but its still true. Hillary was more popular than Don the Con will ever be.
I believe it was about 77,000 votes, combined from three states in NONE of which could he muster even 50% of the state vote.
And that's weak. REALLY weak.
I believe it was about 77,000 votes, combined from three states in NONE of which could he muster even 50% of the state vote
And Hillary won 4 states by 94,000 combined votes in NONE of which could she muster even 50%.
Correct (not knowing the numbers I'll take your word for it, doesn't matter). And we could add Florida, Aridzona, my own state of North Cackalackee and even FRICKIN' UTAH to Rump's panoply of popular vote pathos. But you may be missing the point here.
If the Electoral College meets and no candidate gets a MAJORITY (currently 270) then they don't have a winner. And that means the election shifts to the House of Reps, where anything can happen. This is in fact the strategy of any third party running against the Duopoly, to in effect cancel the election altogether and roll the dice in the House --by denying any candidate a MAJORITY.
AND YET a weak candidate like Rump can pull a pathetic 45% of the vote in UTAH --- with an R after his name --- and still get 100% of that state's electoral vote. DItto North Carolina, ditto Michigan, ditto Pennsylvania, ditto Florida, ditto AridZona, ditto Wiscaaaaaaaaaaaaaahnsin. NONE of those states' voters elected anybody by majority yet ALL of them sent ALL of their EVs to a candy who
could not win even 50% of their own state. And then Virginia and Nevada eventually did the same with Clinton; Minnesota and Colorado tried not to but were overridden by unConstitutional state laws scheduled to go to the Supreme Court next month.
So to sum up: Electoral College: no majority = no winner.
State electors: No majority, doesn't matter. You could run ten candidates and if nine of them get 9.9% and one gets 10.9, he gets ALL of that states votes, and the 89% of the state that voted against him can go straight to hell.
Cue tagline all over again --- that's weak. REALLY weak.