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Originally Posted by kane
In the last election, the popular vote was very close.
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2012 election results:
Popular vote
Obama 51.06%
Romney 47.20%
Electoral vote
Obama 61.71%
Romney 38.29%
2016 election results:
Popular vote
Clinton 47.73%
Trump 46.72%
Electoral vote
Trump 56.88%
Clinton 43.12%
The numbers show that this election's popular vote was much closer than last election's.
Obama won by a larger percentage difference in last election's popular vote compared to this election, and by a far greater margin by electoral vote.
I have no dog in this fight, I'm just pointing out that the numbers don't back up that statement.