Trump could win a POPULAR VOTE ELECTION

[Rod Snell]

Donald Trump says he would have won a popular-vote election. And he could be right.

The fact is that just because Trump lost the popular vote last week doesn't mean he would have lost a popular-vote election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-he-would-have-lost-a-popular-vote-election/

Note this is from the liberal Washington Post

 

[dennishoddy]

The butt hurt in the comments is rampant and hilarious.

 

[MadDogs]

True, no one is trying to win the popular vote because that is not what decides the election.

That said, Trump may not have lost the popular vote. My understanding is that in states where a candidate wins by a large spread that the absentee ballots are not counted. Given that depending on the election, Republicans tend to vote 30% - 60% by absentee ballot, it is quite possible that Trump also won the popular vote.

 

[KOPBET]

My understanding is that in states where a candidate wins by a large spread that the absentee ballots are not counted...

False.

 

[YukonGlocker]

As of yesterday, Clinton was ahead of Trump in the popular vote by about 700,000. I'm not sure when the counting will be complete.

 

[Frederick]

How many of those 11 million illegals cast their ballot's for Hillary Clinton ? I mean, she only won the popular vote by what, 700k?

Once Trump kicks those illegals and their families out, we could see that change .

Not to mention all those folks going to Canada

 

[loudshirt]

There is really no telling what would have happened in a popular vote election. Part of the problem is you are assuming the same people would have voted. There is a chance more people would have voted for both candidates if it was a popular vote election. In Oklahoma there are people who did not vote because they knew Oklahoma was going to Trump. In California there are people who did not vote because they knew California was going to Clinton. We might have seen more Clinton voters in Oklahoma or more Trump voters along the West Coast.

 

[MadDogs]

False.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog..._popular_vote__not_.html#.WCVxdXEBN4w.twitter

 

[Larry Morgan]

"But, but, but, our candidate totally would have won if it was popular vote!". This would be a non-issue if he had won both. And don't think Republicans wouldn't do the same if the shoe was on the other foot.

You adhere to the rules at the start of the contest, you don't try to change them at the end when you lost. If you don't like it, then amend the constitution (Spoiler Alert: Not gonna happen). Otherwise it's just belly-aching because it didn't go your way.

Most of the comments I see are pretty spot on. If electoral college goes away, you can say goodbye to vast amounts of the U.S. onus to vote. WON'T. HAPPEN. TRUMP. WON. MOVE. THE. HELL. ON.

 

[KOPBET]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog..._popular_vote__not_.html#.WCVxdXEBN4w.twitter

http://help.vote.org/article/8-are-absentee-ballots-counted
https://www.fvap.gov/vao/vag/appendix/faq
https://www.nass.org/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=1060&Itemid= (pdf download)