As the Presidential Inauguration comes upon on us in five days, a new analysis of the election results shows the repudiation of Donald Trump by the American people.
Yes, the Electoral College, an outdated system that should be reformed, but will not be, made him the winner because of an 80,000 votes margin in three states–Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
But there were a total of 137 million popular votes and Trump won only 63 million, meaning he lost 74 million, a total of ELEVEN million majority against him!
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million, but almost 8 million votes were cast for other candidates and third parties. So other candidates received, together, SIX percent of the vote, although no states were won by other than Trump and Clinton.
So Donald Trump does NOT have a mandate, and public opinion polls already show him the least popular President-Elect ever since polling began!
I wouldn’t trust public opinion polls, after all polls convinced me without a doubt that Obama’s legacy on the ballot with Hillary would have won easily yet here we are. The polls told me Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin were ours.
My fear is that if this administration is anything like Reagan’s we are doomed. If Trump cuts taxes like Reagan and we have a year with 8% growth in GDP forget about it. They ignorant people with vote for these guys again no matter how much the income inequality grows. If there is a 3% job growth per year with these tax cuts ignorant fools won’t care if the rich get richer as long as they have a job!
Trump has never had high approval ratings, so these results aren’t too surprising. His hard core of supporters will likely continue to defend him with their dying breath, though I don’t believe that they constitute more than a third of the electorate.
Trumpty Dumpty wants to build a wall.
Trumpty Dumpty will take a great fall.
Ha. Ha. Weather Channel forecast for Friday says that it’s literally going to rain on Trump’s parade.
Sounds like North Korea is planning to test the Trump administration.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/asia/north-korea-missiles/index.html