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RandySF

(57,612 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 05:30 PM Dec 2016

Conservatives' Special Revisionist Math: Trump Won Popular Vote If You Nix CA!

Some conservative publications have taken to arguing this week that the President-elect did much better on Election Day than his nearly 3 million-vote deficit suggests—if only certain liberal cities and states were completely discounted from the popular vote total.

By far, the most popular target for wholesale disenfranchisement in these thought experiments is California. Clinton won the state’s popular vote by more than 4.2 million, according to a tally by the Cook Political Report, which is an even larger margin than her nationwide popular vote lead, which was nearly 2.9 million.

The Daily Mail headlined an article which was later featured on the Drudge Report Wednesday: “Final tally shows Trump lost popular vote by 2.8 million – but he BEAT Clinton by 3 million votes outside of California and New York.”

Such a feat of revisionism belies the fact that California is the nation’s most populous state (New York is fourth) and is home to more than one in eight Americans who voted for president in 2016, per the Cook Political Report.

Other outlets took a similar tack: “It's Official: Clinton's Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California,” Investors Business Daily declared on Saturday. Joe Walsh, the former Republican congressman-turned-shock jock, amplified the IBD article Sunday on Twitter and wrote “I know California is a state & we have to count it, but if you remove CA, Trump won the popular vote by 1.4 million.”


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservatives-without-california-trump-won-popular-vote

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Conservatives' Special Revisionist Math: Trump Won Popular Vote If You Nix CA! (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2016 OP
How about all those uncounted provisional votes? kimbutgar Dec 2016 #1
If we don't count the bigots' vote stopbush Dec 2016 #2
Because every Jamaal510 Dec 2016 #3
Hilary won electoral 270 if Texas flipped Cicada Dec 2016 #4
Trump is so sad, His beloved Trump Tower is located in a state Hillary won.. dubyadiprecession Dec 2016 #5
He only received 10% of the vote in Manhattan Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #9
And the Cleveland Indians won the World Series if you don't count the Cubs world wide wally Dec 2016 #6
Trump believes he was born with a golden spoon up his ass Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #7
If California was a country it would have he sixth largest economy in the world Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #8
That bullshit's been promoted here by DU'ers who should know better emulatorloo Dec 2016 #10
THEY can kiss my ass RandySF Dec 2016 #12
Gee I've read that right here on DU ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #11

kimbutgar

(20,871 posts)
1. How about all those uncounted provisional votes?
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 05:35 PM
Dec 2016

I bet there are so many of them to prove Hillary won but they will never be counted.

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
5. Trump is so sad, His beloved Trump Tower is located in a state Hillary won..
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 06:00 PM
Dec 2016

Trump was born in NY, so he also lost his home state in the election . Someone hand trump a box of tissues .

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
8. If California was a country it would have he sixth largest economy in the world
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 06:40 PM
Dec 2016

Certainly bigger than Dumfukistan which has constantly voted Republican over the last 36 years

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