What do Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and George W. Bush have in common?
A) They each won a presidential election by winning the Electoral College vote, while losing the popular vote.
B) They each were chosen to be superdelegates.
C) They each won the popular vote but lost in the Electoral College.
D) The each won a plurality in each of the 40 least populated states, which together included only 43 percent of the U.S. population, but won a majority of the Electoral College and became president.
E) They each won 49 percent of the popular vote but 70 percent of the electoral vote because of the winner-take-all system.
A
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