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Originally Posted by JU_88
So hypothetically if (in 2020) Trump wins the popular vote but losses the the college to his Dem Rival, Are the same outraged Democrats going to come out in Trumps defense and complain their own candidate is now illegitimate?
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They've set themselves up to have to do just that.
My state, as blue as they come, just signed a multi-state compact to give our electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote. In the scenario you describe they'd be forced to award them to Trump. Oh i can just imagine how that will go up on Beacon Hill!