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    How Did Trump Win The Election With Less Votes Than Clinton?

    Donald Trump lost the popular vote, but won the election thanks to 3 extremely close victories in important states. He beat Clinton with a difference of less than 1% in 3 states. In Wisconsin he only had 23000 votes more than Clinton, in Michigan he only beat her by 11000 votes and in Pennsylvania he only had 44000 votes more than her. This adds up to only 78000 votes out of a total of 137000000 votes. This election was incredibly close.

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