Yes, Clinton is winning the popular vote — by a wide margin

[RogerM]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/19/yes-hillary-clinton-is-winning-the-popular-vote-by-a-wide-margin/?hpid=hp_special-topic-chain_fix-clinton-650pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory


Writer and activist Shaun King has a prolific presence on social media and an outspoken passion for Bernie Sanders. King appeared in Sanders's Spike Lee-directed promotional video that came out shortly before the New York primary, and he has consistently advocated for the senator from Vermont on Twitter for months.

On Thursday, he used Twitter to vent about something that frustrated him: Hillary Clinton's assertion that she leads the Democratic primary by 3 million votes, a figure that he says is inaccurate and overstated.

It isn't.

[pinskinny]

1. Yup near 3 million if you don't count most of the states Bernie won.

[Arneoker]

11. You're saying that he has difficulty winning States

Where there are primaries and more people can easily participate? Telling admission!

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Swell.

How does it look in the GE - the one that matters?

[Arneoker]

12. Yeah, how does it look?

When you combine spring polls with some other facts and critical thinking:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/04/polls_say_bernie_is_more_electable_than_hillary_don_t_believe_them.html

[larkrake]

3. yeah it is, she may win the democrat vote, but he is miles ahead in popular votes

[JI7]

6. popular votes include democratic votes

[mythology]

15. Um, by what measure?

[bigtree]

4. k&r

this explanation is chasing after people who don't give a damn about the truth, but are just desperate to prolong their losing campaign.

History won't be kind to the whimper of opposition they've posed in this primary.

[MFM008]

5. We need to worry about beating Trump

and not each other.

[ThePhilosopher04]

8. Then vote for Bernie. Hill can't get it done.

[ThePhilosopher04]

7. Simply not true. More lies from Camp Weathervane and their PR machine, The Washington Post.

The steps they'll take to alter history and public perception is classic Orwellian.

[onenote]

10. So present your case

Or like King do you think sanders should get credit for 71 percent of the entire population of Washington state (including children under voting age, republicans and the millions that didn't participate in the caucuses there?

[Arneoker]

13. Okay Kettle

[frustrated_lefty]

9. By a wide margin among democrats.

Toss her in the shark tank with indies and republicans and it'd s different story.

[Arneoker]

14. See the link I posted above

She's been in the shark tank. Bernie hasn't. Looks like they could find him quite tasty.

[baldguy]

16. The pretzel logic Sanders fans need to justify his remaining in is an awesome thing to behold.

An ugly, disturbing & disgusting thing, yes - but still awesome, nonetheless.