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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by username3 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:38AM (#12911666)
What about the people that voted for someone else? If popular vote mattered, more people in uncontested states would vote.
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by pc86 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:53PM (#12914517)
The popular vote does matter, to allocate the Electors for each state. Popular vote was never intended to elect the POTUS.
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