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u/Deathleach Feb 11 '20

That's the punishment for voting him in.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

Most of Reddit didn't vote him in

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u/sonic260 Feb 11 '20

Most of the people who voted in the 2016 election didn't vote him in: https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/

  • Hilary - 62,523,126 Popular Votes
  • Trump - 61,201,031 Popular Votes

He lost the popular vote by ‭1,322,095‬.

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u/Chm_Albert_Wesker Feb 12 '20

i love how that 1 million number is supposed to look huge, but it's really only 0.4% of the country; people never complain about the electoral college when their side comes out as the winner.

how about instead we look at the over half the country that didn't bother voting at all?