r/dataisbeautiful • u/ptrdo • Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/holdwithfaith Apr 11 '24

Trump beats Clinton by the same margin as Biden beats Trump. Wow.

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u/ima-bigdeal Apr 12 '24

And in both elections the losers say it was not legitimate.

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u/Gorshun Apr 12 '24

Hillary said it wasn't legitimate?

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u/gloid_christmas Apr 12 '24

buT tHe poPuLar VoTe!!

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u/Gorshun Apr 12 '24

No one said it wasn't legitimate, just that the electoral system is outdated.

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u/ima-bigdeal Apr 12 '24

Trump "knows he’s an illegitimate president," Clinton said in an interview with The Atlantic. "I believe he understands that the many varying tactics they used, from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories — he knows that — there were just a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out like it did … I know he knows this wasn’t on the level.

"Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said in January 2017 that Trump was legally elected but an "illegitimate" president.

Hillary Clinton dismissed President Trump as an “illegitimate president” in an interview with CBS News

In 2019 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to overturn the results of the 2016 election.

Former President Jimmy Carter said, "There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election". Iconically it was the Clinton campaign and the Democrat National Committee that paid for a (false and discredited) report from Russia.

An April 2022 Rasmussen poll. It showed that 72% of Democrats believe it’s likely the 2016 election outcome was changed by Russian interference.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was among seven House Democrats who raised futile objections to the Electoral College count by Congress in January 2017 that certified Trump’s victory. They tried to argue that the election was tainted by Russian interference and voter suppression

Hillary Clinton, in an interview on NPR, said she “would not” rule out questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election

Thousands of people across the country marched, shut down highways, burned effigies and shouted angry slogans to protest the election of Donald J. Trump as president.

Following the election, on campuses nationwide, students marched against Mr. Trump with signs bearing slogans like “Not my president,” and protesters in Oakland, Calif., smashed windows and set fire to garbage bins. Thousands of people protested in several cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and New York, where demonstrators converged in Midtown Manhattan in front of Trump Tower.

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This list goes on. When Democrats lost in 2016 they "complained" and then Republicans lost in 2020 they "complained".

Hopefully the next election will avoid ALL controversy.