04-21-2017, 04:11 PM
(04-21-2017, 10:23 AM)Dill Wrote: 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."
The issue here is that when people say the "majority" of Americans voted for Clinton it creates this illusion that a staggering amount of people voted for Clinton throughout the nation rather than Trunp. But when you take into account all the States and the counties within them, the popularity for Trump stretches farther than the popularity of Clinton.
So, Clinton being "popular" is meaningless when you can't actually apply that label to the majority of people that live in other states besides California.
