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LetMyPeopleVote

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33. trump[s popular vote margin of victory is down tom1.5%

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Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:44 AM

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Donald Trump Has Not Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President [View all] Galraedia Nov 2024 OP

We had to have the electoral college BOSSHOG Nov 2024 #1

The OP is misleading... he still won the popular vote by millions of votes. WarGamer Nov 2024 #3

He is not going to lose the popular vote this go around. Self Esteem Nov 2024 #4

He will still end up winning the popular vote this year Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #17

Neither did Bill Clinton in either of his elections. Self Esteem Nov 2024 #2

Or JFK. Or Harry Truman. Or Woodrow Wilson - twice. Or Abe Lincoln. onenote Nov 2024 #26

So what? Really... Moostache Nov 2024 #5

I'm waiting for a similar announcement Meowmee Nov 2024 #7

Right now he's at 50.87% SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2024 #6

According to CNN Election website its now 49.9% to 48.3% Stallion Nov 2024 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #15

Wrong! Not even close. Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #13

My bad SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2024 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #18

Did I read this correctly. He still has popular vote, though a small margin? LizBeth Nov 2024 #8

You read it correctly soandso Nov 2024 #9

source? NJCher Nov 2024 #11

here soandso Nov 2024 #21

Wrong! The lead is down to 1.6% Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #14

These are the numbers I'm seeing soandso Nov 2024 #22

They said he has not won a majority of the popular vote not that he fell behind in the PV count Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #24

Okay, got it soandso Nov 2024 #25

here are figures from a Bing search under NJCher Nov 2024 #10

Seems to me that if the "Bullet Ballot" CT were true... Fiendish Thingy Nov 2024 #19

Donald Trump got a lower percentage of the popular vote than Hillary Clinton did in 2016. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #20

What exactly are those numbers? Not making any sense to me. onenote Nov 2024 #23

This is the difference in the relative percentages of the popular vote LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #27

Still not following onenote Nov 2024 #28

In 2016, Hillary's margin over trump in the popular vote was 2.1% LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #29

So we're supposed to celebrate that Kamala lost the popular vote to Trump by .04% less than Trump lost it to Hillary? onenote Nov 2024 #30

The key is that trump has no mandate LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #31

trump[s popular vote margin of victory is down tom1.5% LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #33

No majority LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #32