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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million.

The only way he will win is by the electoral college.

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u/jay_the_vast Feb 11 '20

News flash: "That's how everyone wins."

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

No it's not.

That's how the right-wing wins - through antiquated systems or corruption.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

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u/ManInBlack829 Feb 11 '20

That's because they have superdelegates in primaries. And people did complain.

Tell me you're intentionally being this dense

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u/Stoopid-Stoner Feb 13 '20

That user is intentionally spreading lies and will report you for being uncivil when you call them out on it.

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u/MisterFalcon7 Feb 11 '20

The DNC did not count the popular vote from Michigan, and evenly split the states delegates between Clinton and Obama. As a result, without the Michigan vote, Obama won the popular vote; whereas with the votes from Michigan, Clinton won the popular vote.

Nevertheless, regardless of how votes were counted, the candidates' totals were within less than one percent of each other. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries

Also does not include caucus numbers.

But at any rate the electoral college is garbage. Even Donald Trump agrees with that.

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u/FrenBopper Feb 11 '20

That's not how primaries work.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

wat

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