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2016 Postmortem

True Dough

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3. And yet Drumpf and Priebus keep saying Don the Con won in a historic landslide

Reply to Bill USA (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 08:46 PM

Dec 2016

based on the Electoral College.

Drumpf had 306 EC votes. Obama got 332 in 2012 and 365 in 2008. Ronnie Reagan set the standard for EC landslides when he garnered 525 EC votes in 1984.

So shuddup Trump and Priebus!

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Trump has lost popular vote by greater margin than any US President in history [View all] Bill USA Dec 2016 OP

He's not gonna like that. redwitch Dec 2016 #1

Yeah, and he will still be sworn in on January 2Oth. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #2

And yet Drumpf and Priebus keep saying Don the Con won in a historic landslide True Dough Dec 2016 #3

That just makes it hurt that much more liberal N proud Dec 2016 #4

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