Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes

[riversedge]

Source: abc




Nov 20, 2016, 5:09 AM ET



It's been nearly two weeks since the November 8 general election, but the results have not remained static as ballots continue to be counted.

While the number of votes for both president-elect Donald Trump and his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton continue to increase, the gap is widening, with Clinton expanding her popular vote lead over Trump.

According to new figures released by The Associated Press on Saturday, Clinton received more than 1.5 million votes than her Republican rival.

As of Saturday, Clinton had received 63,390,669 votes, while Trump received 61,820,845 votes -- a difference of 1,569,824, according to The AP.

Rounded off to whole numbers, that translates to 48 percent vs. 47 percent.


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I do not know Hillary's plans for her future but I strongly suspect she will engage in some causes near and dear to her.





Moms Demand Action ?@MomsDemand 14h14 hours ago

The women who came before us - from suffragists to civil rights activists to feminists - deserve our commitment to act in their honor.

[kebob]

1. The Electoral College Failed In Its #1 Purpose

When you speak to an EC defender, they'll tell you it was designed to prevent mob rule, to keep a demagogue, tyrant or madman from becoming president. Well that sure worked on November 8th!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. The time for the electoral college to act has not yet arrived.

December 12th, iirc.

[etherealtruth]

2. Here is an interesting desccription of why and how the EC came to be

Hamilton and the other founders believed that the electors would be able to insure that only a qualified person becomes President. They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. The founders also believed that the Electoral College had the advantage of being a group that met only once and thus could not be manipulated over time by foreign governments or others.

http://www.historycentral.com/elections/Electoralcollgewhy.html


clearly the electoral college has failed miserably

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Not yet, it hasn't.

Support the movement to have them save the country.

The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen.

If you honor the Founding Fathers — and the Constitution — then you will insist upon employing the emergency measures coded into the very definition of the republic.

So, how do you accomplish this? The process is simple: write to electors in states that went red, and beg them to vote their conscience. The complete list of relevant electors can be found here, with contact information: “Flip the 37.”

I’m urging everyone to do this: not simply Democrats, but responsible Republicans. Modern history has witnessed few events more admirable than bipartisan efforts to thwart racist demagoguery: most recently in France, when decent people on the left and the right combined—despite their mutual loathing—to prevent the election of Marine Le Pen.

So, embrace decency. It’s not just a civic duty; it’s a moral duty. It is a categorical imperative.

[Blue Idaho]

3. Isn't it time to take a closer look at

Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin? This whole thing is starting to smell pretty rank...

[cstanleytech]

4. I guess but barring anything unforeseen I honestly dont see the results changing.