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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
And if it was popular vote - is it fair that those 4 million people in california decided for half of the country?
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What about all those people in states Trump won or Hillary won whom didn't vote for the candidate which won the EC for that state? It's easy to claim this canidate won this state or that and grant them the EC votes but it's not really that simple..
Look at Arizona as example.. was only a 90k difference but all EC votes went to Trump. Both candidates had nearly split the population with less than a 10% spit.
Colorado on the other hand went to Clinton yet it was also a nearly even split with only roughly 100k votes deciding the state.
FL another roughly 100k votes decided which candidate won the EC vote.
The simple fact is by the map posted above, it's pretty much shows that candidates already ignore states which are a sure win for them. The EC doesn't paint the "clear" picture that people try to claim it does..
It's easy to sit here and claim Trump won FL like he won every vote in the state meanwhile it was actually a very narrow win.. Less than 10% between the two.
State Trump votes Clinton votes DifferenceAlabama
1,318,255 729,547 Trump +588,708
Alaska
163,387 116,454 Trump +46,933
Arizona
1,252,401 1,161,167 Trump +91,234
Arkansas
684,872 380,494 Trump +304,378
California
4,483,810 8,753,788 Clinton +4,269,978
Colorado
1,202,484 1,338,870 Clinton +136,386
Connecticut
673,215 897,572 Clinton +224,357
Delaware
175,162 221,608 Clinton +46,446
Florida
4,617,886 4,504,975 Trump +112,911
Georgia
2,089,104 1,877,963 Trump +211,141
Hawaii
128,847 266,891 Clinton +138,044
Idaho
409,055 189,765 Trump +219,290
Illinois
2,146,015 3,090,729 Clinton +944,714
Indiana
1,557,286 1,033,126 Trump +524,160
Iowa
800,983 653,669 Trump +147,314
Kansas
671,018 427,005 Trump +244,013
Kentucky
1,202,971 628,854 Trump +574,117
Louisiana
1,178,638 780,154 Trump +398,484
Maine
335,593 357,735 Clinton +22,142
Maryland
943,169 1,677,928 Clinton +734,759
Massachusetts
1,090,893 1,995,196 Clinton +904,303
Michigan
2,279,543 2,268,839 Trump +10,704
Minnesota
1,322,951 1,367,716 Clinton +44,765
Mississippi
700,714 485,131 Trump +215,583
Missouri
1,594,511 1,071,068 Trump +523,443
Montana
279,240 177,709 Trump +101,531
Nebraska
495,961 284,494 Trump +211,467
Nevada
512,058 539,260 Clinton +27,202
New Hampshire
345,790 348,526 Clinton +2,736
New Jersey
1,601,933 2,148,278 Clinton +546,345
New Mexico
319,666 385,234 Clinton +65,568
New York
2,790,073 4,491,191 Clinton +1,701,118
North Carolina
2,362,631 2,189,316 Trump +173,315
North Dakota
216,794 93,758 Trump +123,036
Ohio
2,841,005 2,394,164 Trump +446,841
Oklahoma
949,136 420,375 Trump +528,761
Oregon
782,403 1,002,106 Clinton +219,703
Pennsylvania
2,970,733 2,926,441 Trump +44,292
Rhode Island
180,543 252,525 Clinton +71,982
South Carolina
1,155,389 855,373 Trump +300,016
South Dakota
227,701 117,442 Trump +110,259