I never said POTUS was elected by popular vote. I said the popular vote proves the impact of demographics. I also pointed out that Trump won the college by a mere 80k votes. No matter how you slice it that is fluke.

Principled  conservative? The guy who, as a judge,  thought he could overrule the Supreme Court? Who has been disbarred as a judge not once but twice for flagrant conduct unbecoming? Who believes Muslims cannot hold public office, homosexuality should be a criminal offense, that partsof Illinois are living under government enforced Sharia law, yet fails to see that his own approach to legislation is sharia law and who believes its the duty of the US government to favor one religion above all others... Is a principled conservative? Only if conservative principles is the same thing as American Taliban.

3) he got such a small portion of them that it wasn't statistically measurable. Hence 'in the margin of error'. Face it: a fluke. All he did was make America more liberal.