12-20-2016, 02:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2016, 02:52 AM by Eric the Green.)
President-elect Donald J. Trump has claimed he won the electoral vote in a “landslide,” but he ranks below most presidents in the electoral vote and popular vote margins.
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Mr. Trump won 30 states, gathering 306 of 538 electoral votes. There have been 45 presidential elections in which the winning candidate won a larger share of the electoral vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/....html?_r=1
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Mr. Trump won 30 states, gathering 306 of 538 electoral votes. There have been 45 presidential elections in which the winning candidate won a larger share of the electoral vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/....html?_r=1