Trump now praises Electoral College, says he could have won popular vote

But who won the popular vote last week? That job will go to Democratic Electors since the state of MA voted for Hillary Clinton.

As the election’s final vote counts trickle, the non-partisan Cook Political Report showed the number of the tallied votes so far.

Trump lost NY 59-37 percent by a margin of almost 1.5 million votes, according to ABC News projections.

How does that possibly work, exactly?! The 2016 election could mark an electoral-popular vote split for the fifth time in the nation’s history. The creator of the petition even writes Clinton supporters “will be glad to pay” those facing fines if they go against states won by Trump.

Under the UK’s multi-party system, in the most extreme case you could comfortably win the popular vote but get no seats in the House of Commons by coming second in every constituency.

Trump answered that very question today.

Trump’s Electoral College/popular vote split can be attributed to the massive margins by which Clinton won large states like California and NY as well as the razor-thin edges that gave Trump victories in crucial swing states.

Donald Trump says he could have won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton if he had campaigned differently.

Trump is undeniably right to some degree. For his part, Mr Trump didn’t visit or advertise in Massachusetts, California or Washington State.

Would he really do as well as he claims in those liberal bastions? The same situation happened to Al Gore in 2000, when he lost to George W. Bush.

Clinton’s popular vote lead is expected to grow, particularly resulting from votes in California, where she won the state by double digits.

Don’t bet on it happening.

While Trump has obviously benefited from the Electoral College this year, back in 2012 he had some thoughts about the system.

Maybe that’s all true, or it’s not.

Hawaii has 1.3 million people and has four “electors” in the 538-member Electoral College.

The Trump campaign’s California communications director, Jon Cordova, was asked this week if Ms Clinton would have beaten his candidate if it was the popular vote that mattered: “No, absolutely not”, he responded.

Yes, the man who sparked a populist revolt against the establishment won a few hundred thousand fewer votes than the previous Republican.

Now, it’s the electoral college, which is suddenly “genius” to the president-elect because it helped him win the presidency. Clinton was the top candidate among millennials, non-white voters, and women.