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2016 Postmortem

Justice

(7,198 posts) Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:41 PM Dec 2016

HRC lost by 79,316 votes (margins in MI, WI and PA combined) [View all]

As of today
WI: Hillary down 22,177
MI: Hillary down 10,704
PA: Hillary down 46,435
Total: 79,316

https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/804368905451999232

79,000 votes decided Presidency by Electoral College while HRC received 2.5 M more popular votes.

HRC got more votes for prez than any white man running for Prez.

So please stop talking about how unlikeable HRC was or is

Thank you.

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HRC lost by 79,316 votes (margins in MI, WI and PA combined) [View all] Justice Dec 2016 OP

I am just flummoxed at some of the insults, and bashing there is of Hillary here. Still to this day boston bean Dec 2016 #1

Does it matter if it's factual? Begabig Dec 2016 #5

Me too mcar Dec 2016 #11

If Stein voters had voted for Hillary instead, she would have won all three states... CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #2

It was the 79,000 votes that decided my future, not the 2.5 mil. I am trying to let that sink in ... JHan Dec 2016 #3

Her win was in reach...that's the hardest part to swallow...n/t asuhornets Dec 2016 #4

NOW try to defend the Electoral College, Goddammit!!!!! LongTomH Dec 2016 #6

Hillary won a game nobody was playing. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #9

K & R. A lot of OP's on DU right now could use a dose of this reality. nt Persondem Dec 2016 #7

and w/o Comey, Hillary wins easily, radius777 Dec 2016 #8

Sanders and his supporters aren't an equivalent to the alt right mythology Dec 2016 #10

Clinton is definitely despised by a lot of folks. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #12