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  • With Bill Clinton focusing on the economy and Ross Perot on the deficit, Mr. Bush ran a listless campaign and finished with the smallest popular-vote percentage of any major-party nominee since 1936.

    Could Nader Hurt Obama? James Taranto 2011

  • Next week, she'll present the popular-vote award at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Hollywood-style awards show.

    Doutzen Kroes: 'I Have A Voluptuous Body, I Am Not One Of Those Skinny Girls' (PHOTOS) 2010

  • If the DNC supports the popular-vote loser this will ensure a losing outcome in November.

    Schneider: Puerto Rican voters rank economy as No. 1 issue 2008

  • Even after Clinton's big win in Puerto Rico, Obama is ahead by roughly 72,000 votes in the popular-vote race - and his lead jumps to almost 185,000 if caucus state estimates are included.

    Delegate update 2008

  • He won the presidency by the largest popular-vote margin since 1988, bringing with him the largest Democratic majorities in Congress since 1993.

    What Went Wrong 2010

  • And now that she's following this divisive argument of a "popular-vote mandate" I feel horrible for our party, which she will surely continue to divide with this argument.

    Clinton makes popular vote pitch in new ad 2008

  • If the DNC supports the popular-vote loser this will ensure a losing outcome in November.

    Schneider: How did Clinton win big? 2008

  • If the DNC supports the popular-vote loser this will ensure a losing outcome in November.

    CNN projects Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary 2008

  • It was the first time in 112 years that a popular-vote loser was to be installed as President of the United States -- and then only after he engineered an unprecedented intervention by political allies on the U.S.

    George W. Bush's Sci-Fi Disaster 2009

  • Many national polls have coalesced around a projected 52% popular-vote share for Barack Obama, and it shows in our composite:

    TPM Track Composite 2009

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