People Don't Seem To Understand that Hillary Won the Popular vote

60,467,000+ people voted for Hillary and 60,071,000+ people voted for Trump. If the elections were based on actual individual ballots cast, then Hillary would be president. So, please stop saying most people voted for Trump, because it is inaccurate. He won the electoral vote, meaning he gained the most number of points through the states in that system, which is what decides the president.

The same thing happened with Bush/Gore. It's interesting how many people don't seem to understand their own country's voting system...

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SW-User

America is fucking complicated.
Okay Germany is too, but not like that.

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

GermanAf - Just think of 50 states and not being able to win the election by winning the 5 most populated. Each state needs to have a say in an election not just the ones with the most citizens.
It would be like the EU only listening to the countries with the most people in them....not fair.

SW-User

Well Germany has a lot of people and is in the EU. But no one listens to us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯