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George II

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12. Obama's vote total in 2008 is and will be by far higher than Clinton's. However....
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:23 PM
Dec 2016

....the votes are still being counted and she's trailing his 2012 total by a mere 400,000 at this time.

Still and all, her total is higher than any other Presidential candidate, including her opponents this year, in the history of the country except for Obama's in 2008 and possibly his numbers in 2012.

Considering the widespread resistance to her candidacy by both republicans AND Democrats, for many simply because she is a woman, that vote count is highly impressive.

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