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Originally Posted by Colin_Fraser
Close result. Boils down to Obama won but 48% of the people don't want him  |
So? Here in Oz over 50% of the voters did not want a Labor government but we still got landed with one.
Obama got over 50% of the popular vote. You can win a presidential election with a lot less than that. In essence you need to win the large states to get 270 electoral college votes as most states are winner takes all.