Originally Posted by Fetish Gimp

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.