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In reply to the discussion: Trump hasn't won the popular vote [View all]W_HAMILTON
(8,570 posts)21. It will be more than few days, if previous elections were any indication.
Some totals won't be finalized until right before certification, which usually happens by December in most states, I believe.
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Kamala is Bound to get at least 50% of the 9 million of Democratic Blue California !!!!!
Trueblue1968
Nov 7
#33
Thanks - I hope that comes to pass. It will be nice to know more people do not approve of him.
walkingman
Nov 7
#3
3 elections in a row - WI, MI, and PA. total winning vote across the 3 not even 200K
msongs
Nov 7
#4
So far President Trump is winning about 40% of the votes in CA. If that continues he will get
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#5
He's winning at that level right now because the more Democratic mail-in votes haven't been received/counted yet.......
W_HAMILTON
Nov 7
#8
Given all we know about the 2024 election so far, particularly the significantly increased early/absentee
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#14
Republicans still mostly voted in-person -- not by mail -- even when early voting.
W_HAMILTON
Nov 7
#15
On that we agree! We can wait a few days to see who the popular vote winner is. Especially since
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#17
You are correct! My bad! He is only at 39.8% with almost 60% of the vote in. My prediction is he
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#16
The popular vote winner is meaningless in our system. Ask Hillery Clinton if you are not
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#22
Well that certainly would be a pleasant surprise! We will see eventually how it shakes out. nt
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#37
Ok sure I have. All former Presidents have been referred to by the honorific 'President' nt
kelly1mm
Nov 7
#30
I disagree. Just like President Biden invited President Trump to the White House and VP Harris
kelly1mm
Nov 8
#56
California is at 58%/40% now and the majority of the ballots still remaining will tilt heavily Democratic.
W_HAMILTON
Nov 7
#19
18 states + DC will accept and count a mailed ballot if it is postmarked by, but received after, Election Day.
W_HAMILTON
Nov 7
#31
Trump got no more than 6 million in 2020 and the votes for him are pretty consistant as they were in 2020
Galraedia
Nov 8
#44
if he loses the popular vote, will it matter? The media has already gone on for days
ecstatic
Nov 7
#11
"...it's dishonest for certain media...to claim that Trump has a mandate..."
LudwigPastorius
Nov 7
#29
And he'll say he has it regardless, and the media won't call him on it anyway.
Xavier Breath
Nov 7
#36
iirc stacy abrams did an analysis and came up w a number of votes that were suppressed in her 2nd race.
mopinko
Nov 8
#64
Washington State and DC are still counting too. That's another approx. 350,000 votes for Harris. nt
SunSeeker
Nov 8
#49
They'll just think you meant to say "penis", and open another bag of Doritos...
Jack Valentino
Nov 8
#65