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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firefall · 61-69, M Best Comment

When it's in someones interests not to understand something, it's very hard to get them to understand it. It's basically an ongoing aftereffect of the juryrigging obtained by the slaveholders when the constitution was first written. Slavery, the gift that keeps on giving 😕