Re: Haven't we had enough

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From: Eugene Choi
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00

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In article <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com>, Artie_Turner <artie_turner@aud.alcatel.com> wrote:
>Ernie Englehart wrote:
>
>> It's time to do away with the electoral college and elect the President
>> based on popular vote.  Then the power to elect will be placed back into
>> the hands of the voters, who could write in the man that they REALLY want
>> to be their President.
>
>
>Just for the record, Einstein, no President has ever been elected by the 
>electoral college that didn't win the majority of the popular vote.

You really shouldn't impugn the intelligence of a person, especially when 
you're the one who needs to check his facts.

1)  Clinton won his presidential election with less than 51% of the popular 
vote, as did Woodrow Wilson (they did have a plurality of voter support).

2) Benjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland by the electoral college, even 
though GC had a majority of the popular vote!

3) Andrew Jackson had more popular votes and electoral votes than John Quincy 
Adams in the 1824 election.  But he did not have the majority of electoral 
votes, so the vote was decided in Congress and JQA became president.

O-  Eugene

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From: choi@usa.net (Eugene Choi)
Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough
Date: 1996/10/31
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