California Provided Clinton’s Popular Vote Margin, Prof. Lessig All Wet

The headline reads “It’s Official: Clinton’s Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California”. Clinton beat Trump by 4.3 million votes in California, and that exceeds her overall 2.8 million lead in the popular vote. Support for this attribution comes from this thought experiment: “And if California voted like every other Democratic state — where Clinton averaged 53.5% wins — Clinton and Trump end up in a virtual popular vote tie.” Trump wrote off California’s electoral votes at the outset of his campaign when he alienated many Latino and Hispanic voters. The LA Times has reported “It’s official: Latinos now outnumber … Continue reading California Provided Clinton’s Popular Vote Margin, Prof. Lessig All Wet