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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by green1 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:37PM (#21659346)
Yes, without winning the popular vote. From your link:

     Churchill: 13,717,851
        Attlee: 13,948,385
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by arethuza on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:44PM (#21659392)
That doesn't really count for anything in our election system.
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by green1 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:51PM (#21659438)
The point was about Churchill's popularity in Britain (real vs myth), not the British electoral system.
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