If to be elected president, you would have to win the popular election, don't you think Karl Rove would have altered the campaign's election strategy to better achieve that goal. For example, California and it's huge population were virtually ignored, because even though there were many potential votes there, they couldn't likely get a majority. Meanwhile, states like Missouri and Tenn. were the focus of much campaigning. I'm not arguing whether he could have won the popular vote, had he tried, but he was trying to win the presidential election, and campaigning according to how to win the electoral college. You don't change the rules after the fact.
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