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Re:Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes by paulddraper on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:11PM (#19372470)
The electoral college determines the presidency, so Trump and Hillary campaigned for the electoral college, and Trump won.

If the popular vote won the presidency, Trump and Hillary would have campaigned for the popular vote, and there's no way of knowing what that outcome would have been.

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