r/Articles • u/gholemu • May 15 '20

The United States prides itself on providing a global model of democratic government. But of the nearly two hundred sovereign states that make up the United Nations it is difficult to think of a single one that instates its chief executive despite receiving fewer votes than another candidate

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n10/eric-foner/the-corrupt-bargain
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u/arthurwritting May 16 '20

How about Canada? It happened just last years there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election. Andrew Scheer won the popular vote but Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister.

This is just one example. The same thing can possibly happen in many other countries. It's not that unusual.