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Troy | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not true. Hillary won the popular vote against Trump. It's happened several times in US history. The popular vote has always been "for show", and is meaningless in the actual process.
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Mallory | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Winning the popular vote but losing the electoral college doesn’t mean the electors voted in opposition to the citizens of their state. The electoral college was put in place so large population centers wouldn’t carry more sway than states with more rural or agricultural areas. It was meant to provide equity between states.
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Troy | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, and it (the Electroral College) is the only vote that counts for the Presidential election, per the Constitution.

If you can find anything about the popular vote in Article II, I'd be curious to see it.