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Article #2306Re: Haven't we had enough
From: davekle
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00
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Artie_Turner <artie_turner@aud.alcatel.com> wrote: >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. Clinton won with the greatest percentage of the popular vote (43%). However, 43% is not a majority. I favor the idea of run off elections. If the winning candidate doesn't at least get over 50% of the popular vote, then a second election is called consisting of the two candidates who received the greatest amount of votes. This would assure that a candidate never wins with less than a majority and would give the third parties a fair chance. BTW, Einstein, check out the Einstien quote below. -Dave http://www.city-net.com/~davekle/ "The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure." --Albert Einstein
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: f6e0e,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e0e,public X-Google-Thread: 1083f1,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid1083f1,public X-Google-Thread: 115d61,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid115d61,public X-Google-Thread: 105e42,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid105e42,public X-Google-Thread: fab07,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidfab07,public X-Google-Thread: f7d58,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d58,public X-Google-Thread: 100eae,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid100eae,public From: davekle@city-net.com Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough Date: 1996/10/31 Message-ID: <559eg4$flm@dns.city-net.com> X-Deja-AN: 193368391 references: <54eqfm$332@news.internetmci.com> <326c2602.75398733@news.edge.net> <32752b79.3566390@news.xroads.com> <54ltas$7ie@News.IDT.NET> <3276383C.31AE@shell.liberty.com> <3276BEE7.2A2A@conknet.com> <5580t5$2boa$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <3277CA41.3E74@agcs.com> <3277D62A.48BC@agcs.com> <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com> organization: CityNet, Inc. newsgroups: ak.general,alabama.general,aol.neighborhood.az.phoenix.general,aol.neighborhood.il.chicago.general,aol.neighborhood.in.indianapolis.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.new-york.general,atl.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,ca.general,co.cos.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general,compuserve.general,dc.general,delaware.general,dfw.general,fl.general,houston.general,il.general,kc.general,ky.general,la.general,lex.general,md.general,memphis.general,miami.general,mn.general,nashville.general,nc.general,ne.general,neworleans.general,nh.general,niagara.general,nj.general,nm.general,nv.general,ny.general,nyc.general,oh.general,ok.general,ok.tulsa.general,or.general,pa.general