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Originally Posted by Splum
True but I suppose with your logic we could go back to the first President(which oddly enough wasnt George Washington) but I was just speaking of "modern times" ie after my teen years. 
Oh we could argue all day about this but thats why we have the Supreme Court to determine the legal outcome of these things. Nothing is "fair" in politics and Democrats are just as shady when it comes to election day as Republicans are. Voting irregularities are common in any election. |
I guess my point was that the presidency is a cyclical thing. the repubs have been on a good run in the last 20 years, just like the dems did during the 30's and 60's it's not that big of deal. In the end a lot of people vote for president based on the man, not his party.
The supreme court had nothing to do with old people confused by a ballot. I don't want to argue what is fair and what isn't or who is more shady than whom. The simple fact remains that there were a few counties in Florida that are made up primarily of retired democrat Jews from the New York area and they accidentally voted for Buchanan instead of Gore. Buchanon got 6,000 votes in one county. He himself said if he would have gotten 200 he would have been shocked and that people obviously misread the ballot and voted for him instead of Gore. He also said that the votes had been cast and can't be taken away from him and he is correct. People need to look more closely at the ballot before they cast their vote. the point I'm making is that if these old people don't make their mistakes, it's a different election. Elections come down to some strange things. In this case Bush won the state, and with it the presidency, on the pure luck of having his last name start with a B not because he beat the other guy. Even the most hardcore republican has to be willing to admit that.