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2016 Postmortem

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9. Something to consider in her margin of victory, that 4.2 million

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:32 PM

Dec 2016

One of my friends who lives there chose to vote for a 3rd party candidate for president, simply because he knew HRC would easily carry California and he wanted to promote another candidate. If you can imagine, there are probably tens or hundreds of thousands of others who voted alike, HRC supporters that voted for another candidate simply because of the odds.

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75.3% of voters turned out in CA -- giving Hillary 4.2 million more votes than DT. [View all] pnwmom Dec 2016 OP

Didn't every registered voter get a ballot mailed to them... yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

I'm not sure it works quite that way (I have relatives there, and I think they pnwmom Dec 2016 #3

Still it's worth the wait for participation . K&R lunasun Dec 2016 #4

No. We all have the option of mail in ballots. Control-Z Dec 2016 #5

Exactly DK504 Dec 2016 #14

You have to sign up for mail-in voting in CA, but that's all you have to do. MrModerate Dec 2016 #8

You can actually do it on line. n/t Control-Z Dec 2016 #17

No, that was Oregon quakerboy Dec 2016 #15

Thank you, CA BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #2

"The West is the best"-Jim Morrison. jalan48 Dec 2016 #6

That's only because there's no voter suppression in CA Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #7

He could win any state under those conditions. GOP governors were *bragging* about votor supression Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #11

I think that's sorta my point, sarcastically speaking. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #12

Something to consider in her margin of victory, that 4.2 million ffr Dec 2016 #9

Blue State Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #10

I'm happy to admit ThirdEye Dec 2016 #13

Thank you. I hate that meme, for obvious reasons. pnwmom Dec 2016 #18

You nailed it. It truly was the sexism. duffyduff Dec 2016 #19

In my polling station alameda county, long lines... abundant polling stations MyNameIsKhan Dec 2016 #16