Donald Trump decisively won the presidency by securing enough electoral college votes, but on Tuesday morning he couldn’t help but address the fact that Hillary Clinton is winning the popular vote.
In tweets published Tuesday morning, Trump claimed he could have won the popular vote if he had campaigned differently, and he praised the Electoral College system.
If the election were based on total popular vote I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2016
The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2016
Trump is singing a different tune about the Electoral College than he did in 2012, when he tweeted that the system is a “disaster.”
The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012
