text: What the numbers say is that vote suppression works.
  
  For Hillary Clinton, or any Democrat, to have won, the combined total of the Democrats + GOP votes had to be at least 130 million votes.  The total is currently 128.5 m.  If it had been 1.5 m more, Hillary Clinton would likely have won.
  
  Across the US, roughly 120 m eligible voters did not vote.
  Yet we focus on tiny numbers: In critical states, key groups of voters stayed home, as the article points out.
  
  Also, in 2012, 3rd party votes were about 1 m.
  In 2016, there were about 7.6 m.
  
  If even 1/5 of the extra 6.6 m votes had gone to the Democrats and Republicans, Hillary Clinton would likely have been elected.
  
  As a tactic in vote suppression, getting voters to vote for no-hope 3rd parties is just a good as getting them not to vote at all.
  
  Those 3rd party votes were Hillary Clinton's undoing.
  
  Are the 7.6 m who cast those votes happy with themselves now?
  
  Shame on them.
  And even more shame on the 120 m who didn't vote at all.