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Originally Posted by kane
If you look only for an election with two candidates , a repub and a dem, then you have to go all the way back to 2000 where Gore actually got more votes then bush did but didn't win the electoral college. The time before that was in 76 when carter got more votes than ford.
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2004
You and I really shouldn't make an arguement about popular vote because thats not what wins elections.
If popular vote was key to winning, the candidate might have taken different strategies. Neither one would have gone outside new york, texas or california.
If a republican loses new York by 50 million votes or by 1 vote, its still the same result. He could spend time there and get more votes, but still lose the electoral votes. He is better advised to spend his time elswhere.
Works for both sides. example, kerry didn't campaign in Texas