What is the electoral vote vs the popular vote? (US)
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Say you have only three States with 10 people in each. Party A wins 6 seats in 2 states and 0 in the third. They have won 2 states out of 3 and have won the electoral vote. Yay! However, Party B won 4 votes in the 1st two States and 10 in the third. They got 18 votes but party A only got 12 in total – They won the popular vote. Yahoo!
The US and the UK use the electoral vote where party A wins. It helps small states have a say so populous states (or places like London) don’t have too much influence on the nation.
Hillary Clinton won the competition the US was not having (i.e. the popular vote).
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