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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by YuriNiyazov on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:29PM (#12934551)
Like I said in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12934475 the popular vote is irrelevant.
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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by paublyrne on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:47PM (#12934750)
If you're saying it was a referendum then surely the popular vote does matter.
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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by oh_sigh on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:59PM (#12934864)
Trump beat HRC by +12 points in EV votes. If that were popular votes, one would probably consider it a referendum
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