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In 2020, the popular vor difference was slightly over 7 million votes, and it went the same direction as the electoral college.
> It was big news when the 2016 election was decided by as few as 78,000 votes,
It was big news, because the electoral college vote went against the popular vote, which had 2.8 million more voting for Hillary Clinton.
> A bit of dysfunction to cool things (and people) down doesn't seem so bad
Yep!
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In 2020, the popular vor difference was slightly over 7 million votes, and it went the same direction as the electoral college.
> It was big news when the 2016 election was decided by as few as 78,000 votes,
It was big news, because the electoral college vote went against the popular vote, which had 2.8 million more voting for Hillary Clinton.
> A bit of dysfunction to cool things (and people) down doesn't seem so bad
Yep!