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applegrove

(118,622 posts) Sat Aug 6, 2016, 08:45 PM Aug 2016

Trump got the most GOP votes ever — both for and against him — and other fun facts

Trump got the most GOP votes ever — both for and against him — and other fun facts

By Philip Bump at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/08/donald-trump-got-the-most-votes-in-gop-primary-history-a-historic-number-of-people-voted-against-him-too/

"SNIP............


2. But Trump also had more votes against him.

The giant field of Republican candidates meant that votes in the early primaries were split widely, making it hard for anyone to cobble together a majority. It also appears to have meant that more people came out to vote. So it's not a surprise that Trump also set a record for the most votes cast against the top vote-getter -- or that he won a lower percentage of votes (the pie charts) than anyone since Reagan in 1968.


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Trump got the most GOP votes ever — both for and against him — and other fun facts (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2016 OP
But there is more to this story.................. golfguru Aug 2016 #1
He is going to have a lot MFM008 Aug 2016 #2
Hillary+Johnson+Stein > Trump in November n/t golfguru Aug 2016 #3
 

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1. But there is more to this story..................
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Sat Aug 6, 2016, 09:11 PM
Aug 2016

Trump had more opposition candidates (16) than Romney, McCain, Dole, Bush-43, Bush-41, Reagan, and Ford. Considering all the division of votes among 17 total candidates, it is remarkable that Trump broke republican primary vote total record.

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