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Originally Posted by Tha Q.
Bro, the Popular vote is the actual number of VOTES, not opinions, cast by the people during the election. It is possible for someone to win the popular vote, but still lose the electoral college because key states with MORE electoral votes went to the other candidate.
The 51% represents the popular vote bro. You're mistaken on this one. If you don't believe me, we can take this to a college professor or Poli-Sci major to settle it. But, I do believe I'm correct on this one.
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Nah man, I'm tellin you, the popular vote and the electoral vote are completely seperate. Bush won 51% of the electoral vote (what your chart illustrates) but lost the popular vote (what yor chart does NOT illustrate).
We don't have to take it to what ever profesors or what ever though, just read this:
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Every four years, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November, millions of U.S. citizens go to local voting booths to elect, among other officials, the next president and vice president of their country. But the results of the popular vote are not guaranteed to stand because the Electoral College has not cast its vote.
It may surprise you to know that Russia has a more direct presidential election process than the United States. In the United States, a system called the Electoral College periodically allows a candidate who receives fewer popular votes to win an election. In fact, there have been several presidential candidates who won the popular vote, but lost the election because they received fewer electoral votes. In Russia, where no such system exists, the candidate who receives a majority of popular votes wins the election.
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see how they're seperate? Bush lost the popular vote with 46% but won the Electoral college vote with 51%.
Popular Vote = people voting at centers
Electoral = states vote for the people.
completely seperate
only the electoral votes get counted so Bush won, yet that's not who the people chose, so hows that add up?
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