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stavros | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
That's not what the GP means, the popular vote is likely to be for the Democrats, as has happened basically every election. It's only because of the electoral college system that Republicans win the presidency.
Tainnor | parent | next
The current results are unfortunately such a blowout that Trump may very well be winning the popular vote. I guess this is what OP was referring to.
stavros | root | parent
Ah interesting, I don't know enough about which states do what. Is it not at the point where the states we knew the results of have been tallied, and the swing states are still unknown?
jeffhuys | root | parent | next
I suggest you look for yourself at reuters or something. Whatever I type here, it's out-dated every 10 minutes or something.
Symbiote | root | parent
You can easily look at any news site for this.
vote4felon | parent | next
I would respectfully suggest you check the results before commenting, but I know reading TFA isn’t all that popular anymore.

Trump is currently leading by over 5,000,000 votes and there does not appear to be momentum to change that lead in the remaining precincts.

EricDeb | root | parent | next
it will shrink with california but yes hes on track to win
stavros | root | parent
I don't know how US elections work, for all I know all the Democrat states haven't finished being counted yet.
nkrisc | root | parent
Won’t matter. It doesn’t matter if Harris beats Trump by a billion votes in California.
stavros | root | parent
It will for the popular vote, the vote we're talking about.
verisimi | parent
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DeathArrow | root | parent
But they do have free elections.
verisimi | root | parent
Yes - they are free to vote, and the electoral college then selects who they put their votes towards to represent the voters, which is in line with the majority voting sentiment.