Not a surprise. They have Governor Moonbeam!
Our Progressive good friends would love for the office of President be determined by MOB RULE. Then they would be certain that New York and California would rule the other forty-eight [or is it 55] states they want. After all, Progressives know what is best for EVERYONE...just ask them!
It's Official: Clinton's Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California
Outside California, Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote by 1.4 million to Donald Trump.
Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.
To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.
As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state — California — where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
California is the only state, in fact, where Clinton's margin of victory was bigger than President Obama's in 2012 — 61.5% vs. Obama's 60%.
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http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/
Our Progressive good friends would love for the office of President be determined by MOB RULE. Then they would be certain that New York and California would rule the other forty-eight [or is it 55] states they want. After all, Progressives know what is best for EVERYONE...just ask them!
It's Official: Clinton's Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California
Outside California, Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote by 1.4 million to Donald Trump.
Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.
To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.
As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state — California — where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
California is the only state, in fact, where Clinton's margin of victory was bigger than President Obama's in 2012 — 61.5% vs. Obama's 60%.
[...]
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/