We are all aware that Hillary Clinton got nearly three million more votes than Trump,

[Atticus]

and many of us have enjoyed reminding any Trumpsters with whom we must deal of that fact. But, an even better fact to rub their noses in is that, when all of the 2016 presidential candidates are considered, nearly 12 million more people voted against him than for him.

Some "mandate", wasn't it?

[Moostache]

1. Small solace...

I would have preferred to have had 80,000 people in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin show up and vote as they had in '08 or '12 and we could have just used the numbers to gloat instead of as a coping mechanism for the shitshow we have been thrust into unwillingly...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Touch... never again!

[magicarpet]

3. But, but, but, yes,... I mean no.

Breitbart said they were non-legal aliens and extraterrestrials from Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto who voted. So those three million votes don't count. Besides Hillary is a lady, and she is highly educated, oh,.. and has lots of political experience,.. so she must be an elitist snob.

[albacore]

4. I have a very hard time with the close vote in the 3 pivotal states....

trump won the electoral college by a total of about 77,000 votes in 3 key states. trump won Pennsylvania by 0.7 percentage points (44,292 votes), Wisconsin by 0.7 points (22,748 votes), Michigan by 0.2 points (10,704 votes). If Clinton had won all three states, she would have won the Electoral College 278 to 260.

Notice all of those are below the mandatory recount level.

There is NO way to convince me those vote totals are correct. Not with the easy-hacking US voting machines. Just a few votes flipped in key precincts... in key districts... in key states.

Voila!