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2016 Postmortem

musicblind

(4,484 posts)

13. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 21 states.

Reply to MichMary (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:22 AM

Dec 2016

Clinton won 15 of those 21 states by double digits.

Clinton also won many of the urban centers in states that Trump won.

Trump won the popular vote in the other states, BUT those other states are rural and have less people in them.

That is why Trump won the election but lost the popular vote. That is also why Hillary's popular vote margin is not by any means solely on California and New York.

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In all the postmortem analysis that I have read here, [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2016 OP

Plus 10000000001 ...... Hekate Dec 2016 #1

Thank you. I feel postmortem analysis must be positive as well as negative. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

She really only MichMary Dec 2016 #2

She actually won Illinois and New York and other areas as well. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #4

Thanks for the welcome! MichMary Dec 2016 #7

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 21 states. musicblind Dec 2016 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #5

You are obviously new here. You might want to read rules about what can be posted. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #6

I'm tired of the negativity from all sides. betsuni Dec 2016 #8

The Democratic message was lost in that the media ignored the message to focus on the optics of guillaumeb Dec 2016 #10

Thank you ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #9

You are welcome. eom guillaumeb Dec 2016 #11

I supported Bernie 100%. SamKnause Dec 2016 #12

No flames from me. I am also a 63 year old female, Bernie supporter, SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #14

Thank you. SamKnause Dec 2016 #15

SAM: I am a 70-something year old female and watrwefitinfor Dec 2016 #17

Thank you. SamKnause Dec 2016 #19

I agree with everything that YOU wrote, guillaumeb Dec 2016 #21

Yes there are some "bash Sanders" posts here. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #20

No anger here. SamKnause Dec 2016 #22

Ditto ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #24

Because we do not pick our presidents on popular vote. It's like a team saying we wil because we Exilednight Dec 2016 #16

No, the popular vote does not pick the Presidents. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #23

Have to keep the powder dry RandiFan1290 Dec 2016 #18