Clinton on pace to win popular vote, despite losing election

There is something wrong with our electoral system, but it has nothing to do with the differences in the electoral and popular totals. It has to do with a system that allows tiny, unrepresentative geographic areas to set the agenda for the entire country, a problem vividly illustrated by the map. This was the identical dynamic that led to the Civil War. Lincoln, like Obama, was a radical elected with the support of a tiny portion of the country. He tried to force his agenda on the rest, and they resisted. Obama only wrecked our healthcare system. Lincoln managed to get half a million people killed and authorized horrible war crimes.


Domestic terrorists attacked The United States of America,it was Lincolns (The greatest man who ever lived) duty to respond.Lincoln got the most votes in both his elections as well.
 
Domestic terrorists attacked The United States of America,it was Lincolns (The greatest man who ever lived) duty to respond.Lincoln got the most votes in both his elections as well.

Time to learn your history correctly...

"In the 1860 Election, Lincoln got a mere with less than 40 percent of the popular vote nationwide by carrying states above the Mason–Dixon line and north of the Ohio River, plus the states of California and Oregon in the Far West. This gave him the electoral college. Population increases in the free states had far exceeded those seen in the slave states for many years before the election of 1860, hence their dominance in the Electoral College."

"Unlike all of his predecessors, he did not carry even one slave-holding state, and he received no votes at all in ten of the fifteen slave states."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860#Results
 
Time to learn your history correctly...

"In the 1860 Election, Lincoln got a mere with less than 40 percent of the popular vote nationwide by carrying states above the Mason–Dixon line and north of the Ohio River, plus the states of California and Oregon in the Far West. This gave him the electoral college. Population increases in the free states had far exceeded those seen in the slave states for many years before the election of 1860, hence their dominance in the Electoral College."

"Unlike all of his predecessors, he did not carry even one slave-holding state, and he received no votes at all in ten of the fifteen slave states."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860#Results


I know my history my friend.I said the MOST votes,not the majority of votes.


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Most votes means a majority in context of talking about a U.S. election. I can only assume you are trying to be deliberately misleading.


No,most means exactly that,most.In the 1860 election Lincoln got the most votes as I stated.
 
True but today all I heard from conservative pundits and radio is Trump won because of the will of the people,the people are angry and wanted change,the people repudiated democrat polices of the last 8 years,trump has a mandate because of the people etc.Thats not true if (the majority of )the people voted for Hillary.
Misguided at best
 
True but today all I heard from conservative pundits and radio is Trump won because of the will of the people,the people are angry and wanted change,the people repudiated democrat polices of the last 8 years,trump has a mandate because of the people etc.Thats not true if (the majority of )the people voted for Hillary.
The will of the people is represented by the will of the states. This is The United States, not the United Peoples.
 
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True but today all I heard from conservative pundits and radio is Trump won because of the will of the people,the people are angry and wanted change,the people repudiated democrat polices of the last 8 years,trump has a mandate because of the people etc.Thats not true if (the majority of )the people voted for Hillary.
Yes, the folks in California, New York and Illinois loved Hillary and elected her (according to your calculations). I say she should be president of Calinoisyork.
 
The will of the people is represented by the will of the states. This is The United States, not the United People.

The will of the people is represented by their votes.The people said they wanted Hillary as their President.
 
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