anonymous201
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More than eleven million more voted against Trump than for him, a large margin.irst, while Clinton took the popular vote, it wasn't by a large margin. secondly, almost all polls and predictions were that Hillary Clinton would win the election, and they were wrong. Trump won decisively in the Electoral College, which leads me to question how so many educated professionals were so wrong in the first place.
widespread bias is not an unreasonable conclusion. I don't doubt that many people disapprove of Trump, but I doubt the figures.
Three million more voted for Clinton than Trump, a large number.
Doubt the figures all you want.
Trump got 46.09% of the vote, while Clinton got 48.18%, with the remainder voting third party etc.
millions sound impressive, but compared to the total electorate, you're dealing with a few percentage points. Clinton winning the popular vote by ~2% is not what I'd call a decisive margin.
as I've discovered, Clinton and Trump voters were and are very divided. Third party voters mostly formed their own group somewhere in between, with the exception that Jill Stein may have siphoned off a few votes from Clinton.
my point is that theres an anti-Trump crowd, and a pro-Trump crowd. people are as politically divided as ever. based on this and other reasons, there's reason to believe that the approval rating may not be accurate and meaningful.