Counterfactuals

In discussing Faux News's latest act of criminal idiocy,Yglesias wonders about a "underexplored historical counterfactual in which the United States uses a different kind of electoral system -- like popular vote with a run-off -- that resulted in a Stephen Douglas presidency without any change in the underlying shape of public opinion." Is that a dig at Clinton's fuzzy math -- er, counterfactual -- approach to the nominating process?