04-20-2017, 11:53 PM
(04-20-2017, 10:39 PM)Dill Wrote: I wouldn't say "impressive," but if all Americans are equal then winning the popular vote by 3 million means that she had the approval of a clear majority.
Counting states to produce a winning 30-20 number seems rather odd. What is the population of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska? Less than the population of LA, but 4 to 1 if we are counting states. So whoever wins those states wins "more"???
That is like wondering why people prefer nickels to dimes, because nickels are bigger.
It's not odd. What you just said is the kind of thinking that lost Hillary the election. All those "little states" matter, and should matter and do matter. It's the United States of America, not the United state of California. Hillary's landslide in California is neither impressive nor does it make her more popular in all the states where she wasn't the most popular.
Saying Hillary was "more popular" is a dishonest and misleading way for people to act like she was the most popular across the entirety of the United States. But she wasn't.
