President Trump lost the popular vote by nearly three million votes, the largest negative margin for anyone elected president in the modern era. A careful review by The Washington Post documented a grand total of just four cases of voter fraud nationwide — including an Iowa woman who voted twice for Mr. Trump. Just ask yourself if this story seems plausible: Sophisticated cheats committed widespread election fraud to the tune of five million votes and vanished without a trace. The truth is that Mr. Trump won critical battleground states and the Electoral College with 304 votes. (The number of Americans in favor of keeping the Electoral College, however, did jump to about 47 percent shortly after Mr. Trump’s victory.)

Source: New York Times January 26, 2017 15:25 UTC