[Forgeties79]

> We don’t know what would have happened in a counterfactual scenario where the popular vote mattered in 2016

You can’t brag about his popular vote for one election then disregard it for another. He lost if by a lot more in 2016 than he won it by in 2024. Both elections were decided by the electoral college and the popular votes we are comparing both happened in that context. 2.7% margin vs. 0.5% is a stark difference.

Republicans had the stones to call his victory margin “a mandate” yet they would never say Hillary Clinton had one. You’re playing funny with numbers here.

[rayiner]

My post was responding to someone who expressed skepticism in U.S. elections. I wasn’t “bragging” about anything, I was pointing out that elections work. I mentioned the popular vote only to preempt a counterpoint from people who don’t like the EC.

[Forgeties79]

Everyone understands the EC decides elections and you’re the only one talking about the popular vote. You explicitly stated that instead of the one that actually matters and is relevant in the other comment. And again, he barely won it.

Either way you can’t selectively use it in conversation and then dismiss it when others use it.