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Originally Posted by belsarius
I don't know how true that it. I think people who are truly critical of the system, be it FPTP or the Electoral College, are critical regardless of who wins.
But I also don't think there has ever been a Democrat win with less of a popular vote so its hard to say people only complain when there team loses when only one team has ever lost this way.
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Bill Clinton on both occasions. And before that JFK and Jimmy Carter only had 50.08% of the popular vote (according to Wikipedia.)