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Posted byjamminin/politics-Dec 08, 2016 at 9:22 AM

Hillary Clinton is now 2.7 million votes ahead of Donald Trump

  • 2016 Election

Hillary Clinton is now 2.7 million votes ahead of Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton has 2.7 million more votes than Donald Trump, despite losing the presidential election, and the number is expected to rise. Ms Clinton is on track to get more votes than president Barack Obama did in 2012. He won 65.9 million, and she is only about 400,000 votes behind him.

co.uk
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  • Ginger_BirdDec 08, 2016 at 10:22 AM

    I'm not sure if this makes me happy or sad.

    • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 10:34 AM

      I'm hoping that it starts a conversation about the electoral system. I am not a fan of first past the post.

      • Ginger_BirdDec 08, 2016 at 10:38 AM

        I feel like people said the same thing after GWB was elected. Two wars later and nothing has changed.

      • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 10:46 AM

        That was much more narrow electoral victory, GWB was actually fairly competent, and there wasn't a state that adopted ranked choice voting. I'm still not confident, because a change won't really benefit the two parties, but will remain hopeful, even though I know it's probably going to take more than this to cultivate a major change in the system.

      • Ginger_BirdDec 08, 2016 at 10:50 AM

        Forgive me, this past month has made me very sad and cynical.

      • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 10:55 AM

        It is very hard not to become cynical after this cycle, if we weren't there already. No worries. :-)

        Let's not stay cynical, though, that will lead us further down the rabbit hole.

      • dailynotDec 08, 2016 at 4:46 PM

        The electoral college caused her to lose, not FPTP.

      • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 4:53 PM

        FPTP has given us the two-party system.

      • dailynotDec 08, 2016 at 4:53 PM

        OK but Clinton is advantaged by the two party system.

      • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 5:06 PM

        I'm aware. And ... ?

      • dailynotDec 08, 2016 at 5:07 PM

        FPTP and the electoral college are different problems is all I'm saying.

      • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 5:12 PM

        That's beside the point. I advocated for a discussion of the entire system.

      • dailynotDec 08, 2016 at 6:47 PM

        K well that wasn't clear given the context and language.

  • GryphylDec 08, 2016 at 11:15 AM

    I'm just astounded that there are still votes being counted a month after the election O.o

    • jamminDec 08, 2016 at 11:23 AM

      IKR! I thought our technology was better, considering they call the result the same day.

  • BetaMaleBillDec 08, 2016 at 10:41 AM

    Yay for that moral victory I guess. 😧

  • absentspaceDec 08, 2016 at 2:15 PM

    I'm still wondering why the fuck it takes so long to get a vote tally.

    • tehzDec 08, 2016 at 3:08 PM

      I read somewhere that it's due to CA's very liberal voting policies. CA's government goes out of its way to ensure that your vote was counted. So, if you marked something wrong, they won't toss the ballot, but they try to fix it.

      But, I don't know how true that is, etc.

  • haydenDec 14, 2016 at 8:50 AM

    I'm so glad that trump won.

  • ChiraqSavageDec 08, 2016 at 4:11 PM

    It doesn't matter really. We use the electoral college, not the popular vote

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