Hillary Clinton still leads by millions in the popular vote count. Donald Trump says he’s the true popular vote champion, “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” But the true winner is … nobody. Reddit user Taillesskangaru crunched the numbers and found that in 44 states, the number of eligible voters who didn’t vote (or at least didn’t vote in the presidential race) outnumbered the tallies for either Trump or Clinton.
If we consider “not voting” to be voicing an opinion on the race, “none of these candidates” wins in a landslide. Should we leave the Oval Office vacant for four years, per the wishes of the voters? Democrats would surely be on board. Republicans … eh, probably not, unless the small-government instinct kicks in. After all, this would the number of government branches by 33%.
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