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Home Front: Politix
Winning popular vote means people 'counted on us,' Clinton says
2016-11-10
[Iran Press TV] Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as Deplorable, Irredeemable and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Henry L. Stimson ...
, who lost the 2016 presidential election in a dramatic shift of events on Tuesday, says the fact that more people have voted for her than her opponent GOP nominee Donald Trump, means that the American people "counted" on her.

Addressing her supporters at New Yorker Hotel on Wednesday, the Democratic flag-bearer said she was not trying to "sugarcoat" her loss, urging Democrats to remain "focused on what each of us in our own ways can do to really keep standing up for those values, and doing all that we can do together to represent them."

Clinton fell short of 47 electoral votes with 228, compared to Trump who got 279 to become the US president, however, more people narrowly voted for the Democrat to win the popular vote (48 percent to 47 percent).
Posted by:Fred

#10  I wonder if the 'popular vote' overage corresponds to the Dem fraud and deader vote count.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-11-10 23:43  

#9  Just means that the Dems stuffed the wrong ballot boxes. They'll fix it for next time.
Posted by: Iblis   2016-11-10 11:46  

#8  "We lost 14-2, but we stole the most bases"
Posted by: Frank G   2016-11-10 11:04  

#7  Now RJ, in your system (winner take all) the losers (both parties) always claim they had the popular vote. In proportional representation the losers claim other things.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-11-10 10:55  

#6  A popular vote victory and electoral loss means you ran up the score in places that you didn't need. That's a sign of brainwashed masses and bad campaign strategy (perhaps believing nonsense polls).
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-10 10:50  

#5  There were too many reports of machines switching votes to Hillary (not one to Trump) to believe the most people voted for Hildabeast.

Trump and Bannion KNEW this was going to happen therefore campaigned in a manner that would flood the system with as many legitimate votes as possible. This shows the Trump team was resilient.

The rest was taken cared of by the brilliant electoral college concept established by the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Little did they realize they were establishing a process that would defeat vote rigging in isolated areas of the country.
Posted by: Butch Shusonter1176   2016-11-10 10:45  

#4  The Dem media is still in denial over Michigan and Arizona and won't add their numbers to the total (even with 100% of the polls reporting in those states) - a number over 300 looks too much like a landslide in Trump's favor...that is why they report the lower number. Just stating the obvious I guess.
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-11-10 09:18  

#3  228, compared to Trump who got 279

What happened to the other 31 electoral votes (or is it 28? 535, I thought, 538 I read recently).
Posted by: Bobby   2016-11-10 09:13  

#2  The people were counting on us?

It could mean there was a lot of "rigging" too Madame.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-10 08:01  

#1  ...On the other hand, had Malificent pulled out a squeaker of an EC victory with Trump getting a clear plurality in the electoral vote, I don't think she would have been inclined to let him win instead...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2016-11-10 05:23  

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