November 17, 2016
NO WONDER HE WANTS MITT:
Fox News Poll: Primary Reason For Trump's Victory Was Hatred Of Clinton (HANK BERRIEN NOVEMBER 17, 2016, daily Wire)Although the number of eligible voters increased 5.5% compared with 2012, from 215.1 million to 227 million, the number of votes only rose 1.5%. Even more shocking; Republicans and Democrats got 3.2 million less votes than in 2012, while third-party candidates garnered 5.5% of the vote.Trump got 0.5% less of the vote than Mitt Romney did, but Clinton severely underperformed Barack Obama's 2012 total, getting 3.4% less.Both candidates received less white votes than their respective party's candidates in 2012; Trump got 1.2 million fewer votes while Clinton came up short by 2.3 million.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 17, 2016 9:12 PM