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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: bentway who wrote (2903)12/21/2016 11:48:25 AM
From: Steve Lokness  Respond to of 355025
 
<<<<Trump won a mandate of counties, as I understand it>>>>

I think it was about 200 counties that flipped. Voted for Obama and then voted for Trump. My county was one of those 200. I get why that happened in my county.



To: bentway who wrote (2903)12/21/2016 11:49:02 AM
From: Alex MG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 355025
 
yes, he won more square acreage... he won counties with a population of 10 people, so are we supposed to count dirt as a winning vote?

Hillary won by almost 3 million humans, but because many humans are clustered in certain coastal areas that is not supposed to count for much... pig farmers count more