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24. Huh?

Reply to Groundhawg (Reply #20)

Fri Dec 27, 2019, 11:52 PM

Dec 2019

Eligible voters are all that matter. Ineligible voters like children aren't germane to the issue.

"Most Americans voted for Hillary" is, in fact, a true statement because "Most Americans" obviously implies, and only makes sense, if it is taken to mean "Most Americans who voted." Nobody knows for whom an eligible voter who didn't vote would have voted for had they voted.

Maybe you mean that those who were eligible to vote and didn't vote were, in some way, voting "against" Hillary. We don't know that, of course, but it's that divisiveness I was referring to.

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Did people vote for Trump or against Hillary? [View all] Cyrano Dec 2019 OP

People voted against Trump's definition of Hillary. kentuck Dec 2019 #1

FOX spent 20 years demonizing the Clintons Ferryboat Dec 2019 #2

I'll never understand why so many people hate Hillary? She was no doubt the most qualified walkingman Dec 2019 #4

Double standard Poiuyt Dec 2019 #9

The last three plus days Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #3

Racists voted for Trump. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #5

Not enough to swing an election Cyrano Dec 2019 #6

The majority of Americans voted for Hillary. padfun Dec 2019 #7

Actually the majority of Americans didn't vote at all. Groundhawg Dec 2019 #11

And at least some of those did so because of Sanders' unending divisiveness PSPS Dec 2019 #14

The statement I responded to didn't say anything about eligible voters Groundhawg Dec 2019 #20

Huh? PSPS Dec 2019 #24

The election was stolen malaise Dec 2019 #8

They voted for Trump to be saved from invading darkies Cicada Dec 2019 #10

Doesn't explain how Obama got elected -- twice Cyrano Dec 2019 #12

Good point. Turnout made the difference. Cicada Dec 2019 #17

2016 was the first presidential election after the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. lapucelle Dec 2019 #13

this was a discussion yesterday... handmade34 Dec 2019 #15

The male voters that I talked to after the election Butterflylady Dec 2019 #16

Meaningless question. Putin won. Democrats lost. delisen Dec 2019 #18

Yes Putin won for sure. Groundhawg Dec 2019 #21

Interesting query. Blue_true Dec 2019 #19

Both/and. And a lot of people didn't vote for either, and a lot of people (as usual) didn't vote. ArtTownsend Dec 2019 #22

The majority of voters voted for Hillary over Trump, by 3 million. Hekate Dec 2019 #23