We won the pop vote by 2,500,000 and lost E C vote by less than 100,000.

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35. If our candidate was significantly more popular

voter turnout would have been higher. Of that 46% we don't know who they would have voted for, but we know they were motivated enough to bother to vote. Not even to cast a defensive vote. Still, of those millions of votes she got many were defensive votes against Trump. Then, a significant number of people in MI would not have marked their ballot for everyone but president. The case that our candidate was actually a popular is weak at best.

This election is a cautionary tale. Candidates who have close associations with dishonest or corrupt individuals personally or in business will not run in the first place if they truly care about the well being of their constituents. That goes for school board, city council, etc. and all the way up to president.

We didn't deserve to be put in the middle of that ridiculous gamble with a candidate who ignored clear calcuable odds. And, I hope that in the future, the DNC will take it seriously when local Democrats tell them that the candidate is not inspiring the enthusiasm needed to win.