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Originally Posted by FunForOne
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
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this is true. The popular vote actually has very little to do with getting elected. Like you said Kerry didn't go to texas and I'm sure that there were areas where bush didn't bother going into because they knew they had no chance. I was just answering your original question which was ." I guess we would have to look back 30 years to find the presidental election when democrats recieved the majority of the American Votes."
the electoral college is, to me, an outdated system that should either be done away with or revamped. But for now it is the system we have so it is ver possible to lose the the popular vote by a large margine and still win the election.