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In reply to the discussion: "You cannot take the vote away from 63 million people that voted for Donald Trump". [View all]Botany
(70,503 posts)30. Never forget that 16 million voters were removed prior..
Last edited Fri Dec 13, 2019, 07:07 PM - Edit history (2)
.... to the 2016 election too.
Consider this data from Myrna Pérez of New York Universitys Brennan Center for Justice: Between 2014 and 2016, states removed almost 16 million voters from the rolls. Thats almost 4 million more than between 2006 and 2008. And it should be obvious that that is a rate that outstrips the growth rate of total registered voters and the growth rate of total population.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/almost-16-million-voters-were-removed-from-the-rolls-we-should-be-alarmed/2019/05/15/f3de396a-7682-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html
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"You cannot take the vote away from 63 million people that voted for Donald Trump". [View all]
kentuck
Dec 2019
OP
But the 66 million doesn't include another 3 million or so who also voted against Trump --
pnwmom
Dec 2019
#25
Now, if we could only get a few million of the 100+ million voters who skipped 2016 to show up...
Moostache
Dec 2019
#5
Actually, 66 million is merely the number of votes cast for Hillary Clinton. Add in the votes cast
Atticus
Dec 2019
#9
Like I said, in 2016 the "tabulator" recorded that 75 million people voted FOR someone
Atticus
Dec 2019
#19
The Constitution took away the votes of the 66 million people who voted for Hillary
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#14
As I used to tell my dad, who liked to play the "look how red the map is," dirt don't vote
The Genealogist
Dec 2019
#44
Here are the totals for the 2016 Presidential Election based on FEC numbers ...
aggiesal
Dec 2019
#34
Never mind the 66 million. The very premise is false. Impeachment does not take votes away.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#54