tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post4545035792341601803..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: It's their countryKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-67875036229096483562016-11-15T12:47:08.081+13:002016-11-15T12:47:08.081+13:00There are still 7 million votes to be counted, mos...There are still 7 million votes to be counted, most (4 mil) of them in California and another 900,000 in Washington State. Most will go to Mrs Clinton. But that and the rest of the popular vote comments are irrelevant. Republican presidential candidates do not campaign in California, for example, and Mrs Clinton would not have spent a lot of time or money in Texas. 48 states are winner take all; only 2 (Nebraska and Maine) allocate their electoral college votes proportionally. The popular vote is meaningless.Max Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700377308425417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-88431309818903495842016-11-13T15:52:31.207+13:002016-11-13T15:52:31.207+13:00But it also stands to reason that Trump's proj...But it also stands to reason that Trump's projected persona was designed to appeal to places that had the electoral votes he wanted. He didn't have to give a damn about his unfavourables because they were irrelevant given the electoral system he was working with.<br /><br />Incidentally, did you notice how close he was to Springsteens 1984 album Born in the USA, Glory Days and My Home Town? And how ironically far from it The Boss now is by cosying up to the Clinton machine.<br /><br />JCJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-43528873705150233432016-11-13T15:13:40.219+13:002016-11-13T15:13:40.219+13:00It's true that candidates blitz the states tha...It's true that candidates blitz the states that deliver the crucial electoral college votes rather than those (like New York and California)with the biggest populations. But there's no way of knowing whether Trump would have won a straight-out numbers game, as you suggest. Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-77669609332544404602016-11-13T12:53:06.998+13:002016-11-13T12:53:06.998+13:00The fact that Clinton won the popular vote (just) ...The fact that Clinton won the popular vote (just) is not relevant, of course. Both were playing for electoral college votes, because that's what counts. Had Trump been playing in a straight contest for the people's vote, he would have certainly spent much more time in the big cities (where the highest number of votes are). Had he done this, it is possible (may be even probable) that he would have won the popular vote as well. macdoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355791620208619049noreply@blogger.com