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