Title: Friendly Reminder, Democrats: Hillary Didn’t ‘Win’ The Majority Of The Popular Vote by Matt Vespa
Headings: Friendly Reminder, Democrats: Hillary Didn’t ‘Win’ The Majority Of The Popular Vote
Friendly Reminder, Democrats: Hillary Didn’t ‘Win’ The Majority Of The Popular Vote
Content: blasted Donald Trump on Thursday, saying the president-elect doesn't have a mandate for his "politics of hate and division." "I think most people conclude that the fact that he lost the popular vote is so disturbing to the president-elect because he wants to claim a mandate, but he cannot claim a mandate because a majority of Americans voted against him," Merkley said. Circling back to Clinton, she leads Trump 48/46 in the popular vote right now. Is that a majority? No, it’s a plurality. And grouping third party candidates, who didn't for Clinton either, to make that talking point seem legitimate is also dishonest. Clinton didn’t win the majority of the popular vote, and the majority of Americans didn’t vote for her. The majority did think she was a liar, dishonest, and untrustworthy, which probably explains why she wasn’t able to break through with voters and energize them in the same manner as the president-elect. Moreover, the popular vote isn’t how we decide who is president. As sitting lawmakers, I would’ve hoped they would know that it’s the Electoral College, a system in which candidates must wage a national campaign to win the electors from each respective state.