As Clinton’s Lead Approaches 3 Million Votes, Trump Tweets He Would’ve Won Popular Vote Had He Wanted to
It appears that President-Elect Donald Trump cannot let go of the fact that he won the Electoral College, but not the popular vote.
The final presidential election results are in, and according to Cook Political Report, Trump got a raw vote total of 62,979,636 (46.1%) while his opponent Hillary Clinton got 65,844,610 votes (48.2). Ergo, Clinton did take the popular vote with a 2,864,974 voter difference from Trump.
This being the case, Trump seems to have gotten on Twitter this morning, and did that thing he likes to do:
Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016
I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote – but would campaign differently
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016
I have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact that I spent FAR LESS MONEY on the win than Hillary on the loss!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2016
Recently, a poll indicated that more than half of Republican voters believe that Trump was the actual winner of the popular vote. Trump has recently said that he would’ve preferred winning the presidency through the popular vote, rather than the Electoral College.
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