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[Dill]

(04-20-2017, 11:53 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: 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.

What lost Hillary the election was a successful disinformation campaign from Russia and Fox News. People chose the "huge" nickel over the dime. That was the kind of thinking that won Trump the election--to the detriment of the county.

Saying Hillary had the approval of more Americans than Trump is hardly "dishonest" if every citizen is equally a citizen and more of them voted for her.

Saying  Hillary won the popular vote is a "misleading" way of saying she had the approval of more of the population than Trump. Which she did.

How is it that you introduce points not under question in your answer? No one says winning California makes Clinton more popular in Alabama. Acknowledging the fact that Hillary won the popular vote does not entail a claim that "little states don't matter."