Hello fellow Clintonistas!
Like many of you, I found yesterday’s defeat in Michigan a very bitter pill to swallow.
I have been feeling down all day.
It wasn’t the loss itself what I found painful, it was the total unexpectedness. I did not think she was going to win by 37%, but I never thought she would lose.
After all, she lost by 1.5%. By any measure a very close race.
But all those damn polls had us seeing stars.
But, regardless of the headlines, Hillary won the day!
Let’s look at the numbers:
She started the day with a lead of 199 delegates. Per 538, she ended the day with a lead of 219 delegates.
She won the delegate count 93 to 73. That’s 56%.
She lost one state by 1.2%, but won the other by an astronomical 66.1%
As for the popular vote, she won 756,242 to 631,570. That’s a net of 127,672. She got 54.58% of all the votes.
Are these numbers reason to feel down? Hell, no!
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