The Electoral College Is Close. The Popular Vote Isn't.

[Zorro]

The prolonged uncertainty in spite of the clear preference of the public has intensified some Americans’ anger at a system in which a minority of people can claim a majority of power.

As the presidential race inches agonizingly toward a conclusion, it might be easy to miss the fact that the results are not really close.

With many ballots still left to count in heavily Democratic cities, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was leading President Trump on Friday by more than 4.1 million votes. Amid all the anxiety over the counts in Pennsylvania and Georgia, and despite Americans’ intense ideological divisions, there was no question that — for the fourth presidential election in a row, and the seventh of the past eight — more people had chosen a Democrat than a Republican.

Only once in the past 30 years have more Americans voted for a Republican: in 2004, when President George W. Bush beat John Kerry by about three million votes. But three times, a Republican has been elected.

Mr. Biden is very likely to win the Electoral College, avoiding another split with the popular vote. But the prolonged uncertainty in spite of the public’s fairly decisive preference — Mr. Biden’s current vote margin is larger than the populations of more than 20 states, and larger than Hillary Clinton’s margin in 2016 — has intensified some Americans’ anger at a system in which a minority of people can often claim a majority of power.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/popular-vote-electoral-college.html

[Bc804]

1. When all is said and done

he most likely will have won by more than trump in 2016, and gw bush in 2000 and 2004. 3 percent popular vote and over 300 electoral votes. If no covid and thus huge amounts of mail in ballots, it would have been called on election night.

[Cicada]

2. Joe will have the biggest electoral college victory in history. Tied with Trumps margin.

Trump said he had the biggest electoral college victory ever. He won 306 to 234. Same as Joe.

[keithbvadu2]

3. In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'

In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-described-the-electoral-college-as-a-disaster/

After losing the popular vote, President-elect Donald Trump has decided that the Electoral College is a pretty smart way to elect a president after all.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/17/donald-trump-electoral-college-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/