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Originally posted by Blackeagle
Plawsworth,
You pretty well have the election methods down. And it is possible to win the oval office without a majority of the populer vote. It's happened twice in the nations history. But you should also note that it has to be a very close election for it to happen. Our whole system is set up to insure representation of all. Note that our Senate/House are set up the way they are to insure small states a voice. All our states have 2 senators, but the House is based on population of a state. The election of POTUS using the electoral collage system is intended, in part, to insure that anyone running for that office can't completly disregard smaller states.
One last thought for you on Bush's election. If Al Gore had carried his home state of Tennesee he would have won! ! Florida's outcome would not have mattered. By failure to carry his home state he lost.
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Ok, want to start to thank you for clearifying the election system. But as I have heard, i'm far from shure that it's true though, didn't Gore get more votes than Bush, if you count all the votes in the whole USA?