Elections in the Netherlands - Nationalist surge halted, high voter turnout

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barneystinson69 said:

irstupid said:

Exit polls, or the media all saying one thing. To the public they are the same thing.

But yes the polls do predict popular vote. And what is electroal votes? It is teh popular vote in that state. Their polls were wrong for most of the swing states. So yes they were wrong. Besides, remove California and the popular vote is a tight race. But again, the point is, polls take the popular vote in EACH state. The popular vote in EACH state wins that states electoral votes. 

You can remove California AND Texas, and Trump would win. Running up margins don't matter in the US, which I feel is a bit of a fair system. Just because you win huge in California, New York, and Illinois, doesn't mean that should decide the election. 

If more people want you than the other guy, why not? Why give more value to the vote of people just because they live in a smaller state/swing state?