Video: The election is not a popularity contest -- or is it?
By Bill Schneider/CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Imagine a president taking office after more people voted for the other guy -- that is, if a candidate won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College tally. That would really be an outrage.
It's happened, twice, in fact. CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider weighs the possibilities in this report.
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CNN's Bill Schneider and Jeff Greenfield look at U.S. elections where the popular vote was overriden
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