dear media, does this look like a virtual tie to you?

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9. The popular vote is not what it seems

For those of you that are pointing to the popular vote as proof of the election actually being closer than the EC showed I would offer the following point.

The Obama team is excellent at what they do and they won the game that they played.

If the game was to be dicided by the popular vote, then their strategy would have been different.

GOTV operations in Democratic strongholds would have been put to work to maximize votes everywhere. Instead those efforts were maximized in the places where they would make the most difference under the rules of the game.

Trying to look at the popular vote to prove a point is like trying to claim victory in a football game because you got the most passing yardage despite getting fewer points. It is simply not how the game is played.