HRC - "Trump/Sanders capitalized on anger, I beat both, 3rd party ppl are crazy"

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FF. Such a tragedy that the voice of the people was extinguished.

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She gave this country so much, wasted her entire adult life on it, and this is how she is thanked.  Hillary is too good for America.  She's the leader America needs, but not the one it deserves.  So she'll be attacked and disparaged, but she can take it.  She's a silent guardian, our watchful protector.

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Don't lecture me on the popular vote, it's a meaningless statistic that the media shouldn't even calculate. The electoral college is what matters.

False. It's extremely meaningful to get the pulse of America and see what kind of mandate an incoming president has. It's also extremely relevant that the American voters wished for a Hillary presidency only to have their choice extinguished by an outdated, silly system that we explicitly would not allow to be used for any other office at any level government.

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Don't lecture me on the popular vote, it's a meaningless statistic that the media shouldn't even calculate. The electoral college is what matters.

False. It's extremely meaningful to get the pulse of America and see what kind of mandate an incoming president has. It's also extremely relevant that the American voters wished for a Hillary presidency only to have their choice extinguished by an outdated, silly system that we explicitly would not allow to be used for any other office at any level government.

I understand how it is revelant for opponents of the electoral college, but I support the electoral college.

Do you also think that margins of victory in, say, Senate or governor races is meaningless trivia? A 70-30 winner takes the seat just like a 50.0001 - 49.9999 winner, so if mandate and pulse of the people aren't relevant, should the media just report the winner and keep the vote count secret?

You could ask the same question about the electoral college. Maybe the media should have just announced that Trump was the winner and never revealed any vote totals, statewide winners, county winners, or anything.