# RIP Mohsen Amir-Aslani

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 4, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mohsen-amir-aslani/700411 "2014-10-04T22:09:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mohsen-amir-aslani/700411/27 "2014-10-04T23:54:41Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> That is the weirdest definition of “popular” I’ve ever seen. By that definition, every government on earth is popular, except maybe the Syrian government.

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.

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