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>>I don't have time to figure it out, but have checked the total population of those 30 states against the total of the other 20?
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>And exactly what difference would that make?
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>Trump won the election, period. A state isn't "called" until the strength of victory exceeds any uncounted (e.g. absentee) ballots.
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>Look, it's a given that HRC was going to win NY and CA by a strong margin. But that's (partly) why the EC exists - to smooth out variances. If you all of a sudden decide that popular vote is all that matters, then the candidates get to campaign all over again, possibly with a different strategy.
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>As I said before, HRC won less states than Sanders won. She won less states than either Romney or McCain. Those are far stronger arguments than leading the popular vote by a few hundred thousand, especially since absentee ballots haven't been counted.
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>Let me ask a simple yes/no. I'm basically asking you the same question Chris Wallace asked Donald Trump. Do you, or do you not, accept the results of the election?
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>I'm not asking how you feel about the results. I'm asking if you accept the results. Yes or no.


Yes, I accept the results, and have already vowed to spend the next four years doing what's necessary to help my country survive the election of an ignorant authoritarian.

Tamar