No, he can "win" if it appears less than half the country voted. Between active suppression efforts and ballots "disappearing" he could pull it off. It would not be the first time. 2004 election controversies - Wikipedia.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich