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Originally Posted by photon
This is interesting, from the 538 Liveblog:
Hillary Clinton could still conceivably win the election — or she could lose the national popular vote. But since both outcomes look unlikely, we should start preparing ourselves for the possibility of the second split between the national popular vote and the electoral vote in the last five presidential elections. A coalition of 11 states with 165 electoral votes between them has agreed to an interstate compact that, once signed by states with a combined 270 or more electoral votes, would bind their electors to vote for the winner of the national popular vote — in effect ending the Electoral College. New York just joined this week. It wasn’t enough to affect this election, but maybe today’s result will spur more states to join. - CARL BIALIK
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PBS: Clinton carried married women, unmarried men, unmarried women. He only won married men, but won them by 20 points. |
This could be the greatest legacy of this election, a result so appalling to so many people that it forces them to confront their corrupt political system.