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In reply to the discussion: Do DUers understand the meaning of 2million more votes? [View all]malaise
(268,695 posts)18. Correct - that number is more than the entire electorate
in Jamaica. I have never heard such a number even in first past the post/plurality electoral systems.
Something went down here - this is madness
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I do too. Clinton's lead is larger than the sum of all the Trump votes in almost a dozen states.
Coyotl
Nov 2016
#11
hey hey, ho ho, the electoral college has got to go... or get used to having LOSER republicans
TheFrenchRazor
Nov 2016
#73
We got killed by the effectiveness of GOP brainwashing in rural communities.
lostnfound
Nov 2016
#38
Their worldview is created from twitter and facebook fake news & 'Trumpland' was prophetic
Sunlei
Nov 2016
#43
Yeah, we got whacked upside the head by the electoral college . . . again. n/t
MrModerate
Nov 2016
#14
we got wacked because lots of people didn't want the 'status quo' system anymore or they sat out &
Sunlei
Nov 2016
#48
she won those states because of the black vote and they ARE a big part of the votes in the GE for
JI7
Nov 2016
#64
There are counties in states with More votes than registered voters, including in WI.
onecaliberal
Nov 2016
#52
Everything about this from the primaries on has been bizarre and unprecedented.
Kablooie
Nov 2016
#72