Clinton projected to win popular vote

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(11-09-2016, 10:34 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: In the EC system, not every vote counts. A conservative living in California or a liberal in Mississippi cast pointless votes for POTUS. Relying on the popular vote would require at least the person with the most votes to win, but someone could win the EC race with only 22% of the popular vote. It would take winning the plurality of the votes in 8 states, whereas the minimum states needed to win based on popular with ranked voting would be 9, and that is with winning 100% of the popular vote (assuming the percentage of voters in a state to the federal number is roughly the same as population percentages).

Using the logic at the beginning is similar to saying whenever you vote for the non-winner, your vote doesn't count. As to the rest, it's fun with numbers. The EC is the best thing we have to ensure the wishes of each state of the Union "counts".