Resolved: Governments that succeed in fixing elections are, by definition, popular.

[John_Mace]

@Frank

The U.S. itself has had at least four Presidential elections in which the loser of the popular vote was elected President, the most recent in 2000.

@Snowboarder_Bo

Are you sure you know what the word “popular” means? Because it doesn’t mean “overwhelmingly popular” or “most popular”. Red Hot Chili Peppers is a popular band, but they aren’t beloved by over 50% of the population, for example. The iPhone is a popular phone, but it doesn’t have 51%+ of the market for cel phones.

Popular doesn’t mean “most people support it”, it just means a lot of people support it.

In the context of this discussion, which is about an election, “popular” means “gets more than 50% of the votes”. Go back and read the whole beginning of that thread.