Asked by christian

Read the following paragraph:

Although she did not win the election, Hillary Clinton was more popular with voters than Donald Trump. I know almost everyone I talked to voted for her. Noted pollster Nate Silver reported that she had a clear lead in the polls throughout most of the campaign. In the final, certified vote count, Clinton got 2,865,075 more votes than Trump.

Which evidence in the paragraph provides the strongest support for the claim that “Hillary Clinton was more popular with voters than Donald Trump”?


The professional analyst’s calculations.


The certified vote count.


The author’s experience talking to voters.


All the evidence is equally strong.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The certified vote count.

It’s direct, official evidence of how many voters cast ballots for each candidate, which best supports a claim about which candidate was more popular with voters.