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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Technically, they didn't win the popular vote either.
In our multi-party system, the most you can usually hope for is to get the plurality of votes,.
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I think the point was just that under our Westminster system whoever gets the most votes doesn’t necessarily get to form government. It isn’t common for a party to get fewer votes and win more seats but it does happen sometimes. I don’t think it’s a good thing in general as it can reflect an imbalance in the democratic power of certain geographic voting blocs. In the US the issue arises from the over representation of rural areas as a result of the electoral college. The causes are different in Canada but it’s a similar principle.
With that said I think if Biden wins by 10 points he wins the electoral college in a landslide. If he is really up 10 points then even Georgia and Texas might be on the table. The problem arises where he is up by around 2%, which is what happened with Clinton in 2016.