Expert: Romney Will Win Like Bush

Lara Brown predicts, based on a historical analysis, that Mitt Romney will win 275 electoral votes to Barack Obama’s 263, while trailing by about 2 million popular votes. She also says a “nightmare” scenario — a 269-269 tie — is possible. Were that to happen, Brown said it could bring about abolition of the Electoral College — a move she said would upset the Constitution’s careful balance that guarantees regional as well as popular support. “The presidency represents a broad constituency, not just a narrow and deep one,” said Brown, a professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia/ Dan Popkey , Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Can this country survive another scenario in which one candidate wins the electoral college vote but not the popular vote?