Her lead is expected to rise even more and voting machines in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan are believed to have been compromised. She has until Friday if she wants to contest the results.
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 11/23/16 07:33 AM EST
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Hillary Clinton?s lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote surpassed 2 million Wednesday morning, according to Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Clinton has garnered 64,223,958 votes, compared to Trump?s 62,206,395 votes.
By Nov. 15, the Democratic nominee?s advantage had crossed the 1-million mark and ballooned to 1.5 million by Sunday.
Despite Clinton?s lead in the popular vote, it was Trump who prevailed on Election Day by clinching 270 Electoral College votes.
Trump told New York Times reporters Tuesday he would ?rather do the popular vote? and was ?never a fan of the Electoral College,? according to Maggie Haberman, who was live-tweeting Trump?s comments during the interview session.
A week after his historic election, Trump tweeted: ?The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!?
That was an about-face from what he tweeted after President Barack Obama?s reelection against Mitt Romney in 2012.
?The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy,? Trump declared then.
For good measure, Trump boasted last week, ?If the election were based on total popular vote I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily.?
California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democratic lawmaker who supported Clinton, introduced legislation last week to abolish the Electoral College. The long-shot bid is not expected to clear the GOP-controlled Congress, though.
And at least a half-dozen electors, those who will formally cast votes for Trump and Clinton on Dec. 19, are pushing to block Trump from winning a majority of votes.
While the effort is unlikely to succeed ? even if it did, the House of Representatives could simply choose to elect Trump ? so-called faithless electors who buck the will of the voters could spur more widespread calls for reform.
Al Gore's lead over George W. Bush in the famously close 2000 election was about 500,000 ? which at the time was the largest advantage in the popular vote for a candidate who lost the Electoral College vote in the presidential election.
www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-lead-popular-vote-2016-231790
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Trump out smarted her and campaigned in states with larger electoral votes
Am over it
:melmel:
She shouldve won by more than 2mil votes.
Quote from: Francois Lite on November 23, 2016, 10:01:13 AM
She shouldve won by more than 2mil votes.
It's over 2 mill, but they said it could drastically increase if they go ahead and do a ballot audit in those states that the margins are extremely close.
request that recount hill'
Her proud ass already conceded
And that speech she gave him about accepting defeat
:melmel:
Fuck that, she should definitely request the audit. Come on now. I know she doesn't want to go through this again but damn it this is a sign from Jah.
I'm crying LMAO
Time to move on and work on rebuilding our black communities and educating our youth.
Hill: black communities? :diddraispoot:
:sobusyjetsetter:
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now see .... the fact that an official audit would actually CHANGE the outcome of a vote is the oldest reason why ppl don't vote
the shit is electronic anyways so how is shit still being calculated. It would be precious tea if that happened this election so ppl can actually see the truth.
these niggers can track banking transactions from 10 years ago, but can't create a sound voting system that gives CLEAR results
:guys:
so how do we have faith that some of the votes in FLORIDA & Michigan blue areas didn't get lost
request a FULL recount in all the fckn swing states and hope for the best Hil
:melmel:
It's over.
Quote from: Kurama on November 23, 2016, 12:54:35 PM
It's over.
It's not over until we're on an island bby
safe from all this mess
Quote from: ВRΔNDYology on November 23, 2016, 10:06:21 AM
Quote from: Francois Lite on November 23, 2016, 10:01:13 AM
She shouldve won by more than 2mil votes.
It's over 2 mill, but they said it could drastically increase if they go ahead and do a ballot audit in those states that the margins are extremely close.
No, what i mean is that Hillary should have been a clear winner. The fact that the votes are so close given how Trump was trashed in the media is ridiculous.
What's the point in counting anymore of he's already won the states that matter?
:mmyulost:
I'm not happy with the results, but I've come to terms with it
What's done is done
If we were to switch her in now, we (as a country) would look a fucking fool, a joke
It won't do us any good
Quote from: ..... on November 23, 2016, 09:10:10 PM
I'm not happy with the results, but I've come to terms with it
What's done is done
If we were to switch her in now, we (as a country) would look a fucking fool, a joke
It won't do us any good
The country already looks a fucking fool, Ralf :nowgorl: