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2016 Postmortem

BzaDem

(11,142 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:25 PM Dec 2016

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Hillary's popular vote edge hits 2.0% [View all]

With a new batch of votes from California, HRC's popular vote margin has finally hit 2.0%!

https://mobile.twitter.com/Redistrict/status/805973874932326400

Too bad it doesn't affect our government in any way

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Hillary's popular vote edge hits 2.0% [View all] BzaDem Dec 2016 OP

Such is America. Uniquitous Dec 2016 #1

This officially makes Nate Silver wrong Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #2

Well, for all we know, Clinton DID WIN the most electoral votes... Raster Dec 2016 #3

Hopefully we find out. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #4

Nate Silver kept writing about how HRC was more likely to lose despite winning PV BzaDem Dec 2016 #5

Well, I did the calculations and she is actually only up by 1.95 percent. StevieM Dec 2016 #7

Good point! Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #9

Except neither Nathan Silver nor anyone else could predict pnwmom Dec 2016 #10

Excellent point. I think that we have to simply factor that in to our numbers. StevieM Dec 2016 #12

Or their ballots not mailed out? Cha Dec 2016 #13

Right -- I remember that especially in Florida. n/t pnwmom Dec 2016 #14

KnR Hekate Dec 2016 #6

Not quite yet, unless you use a rounding error.. 48.165% vs. 46.219% Coyotl Dec 2016 #8

If I ever hear the phrase "one man, one vote" in reference to America again, world wide wally Dec 2016 #11

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