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EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections

by Jerry Schwartz
| November 2, 2020 10:08 PM

Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?

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