04-23-2017, 12:02 AM
(04-22-2017, 09:54 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: Did Hillary get more votes? Yes. So what am I on about?
People keep using statements like "most Americans" when discussing Hillarys popular vote but saying "most Americans" is a misleading statement and makes Hillary sound insanely popular around the nation when she isnt.
What are people "on about" when they talk about Hillary "crushing" Trump in the popularity vote (which she didnt)?
People aren't just bringing up the popular vote to say Hillary won as if it's just some simple acknowledgement.. They're using it as a basis for California to secede the union because even they know that Hillary won the popular vote because of California. They're challenging Trump's legitimacy as president because they believe "most Americans" again, an illusory statement, want her to be president. They're calling for an end to the electoral college because she won by 2% in the popular vote.
Is 3 million people a lot? Of course it is, but in the discussion of a nation as a whole it really isn't a "swamping" number. The issue isn't whether or not she won the popular vote. The issue is the silly lambasting and gloating that comes from it because of the way people frame the argument as "most Americans"
Hillary won 48% of the vote. That means the other 52% or "most" Americans didn't want her to be president.
Hillary wasn't and isn't insanely popular. I've read she was the second most unpopular presidential candidate ever only exceeded by Trump's unpopularity.
If Hillary isn't popular and received more votes than Trump, what does that say about Trump's popularity?
