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Originally posted by Hunty
But she won the popular vote?
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A lot of those votes aren't really votes of support for Hillary, just people choosing the lesser evil.
Plus the popular vote means very little, because under the electoral college system, people in those safe red states and blue states stay home, but if every vote counted there might more that turn up to vote.
Turnout
2012 Obama: 65.9m
2016 Clinton: 59.1m = -6.8m
2012 Romney: 60.9m
2016 Trump: 59m = -1.9m
The republican vote dropped with Trump, but the democratic vote dropped even further.
They need a candidate that can reverse that trend.
They should have gone with Sanders.
Not sure if he will be too old in 2020, but might be in better health than Hillary (or Trump for that mater).