While not highly likely, such an outcome remains possible, tormenting Americans already perched painfully on the edge of their seats during yesterday's election.
Under the US system, it is not the national popular vote that decides who becomes president, but a 538-member electoral college, in which each state gets as many "electors" as their representation in Congress.
Every state, except Nebraska and Maine, award all of their electors to whomever comes first in the statewide popular vote.
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