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In article <randall.721002617@woof> randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
>mspayer@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Mike Payer) writes:
>
>>When you combine the votes for Bush and Perot 57% of the American people
>>voted against Bill Clinton.

When you combine the votes appropriately, 61% of the American people voted
against George Bush and 81% of the American people voted against Ross Perot.
They and the minor party candidates, against whom even higher percentages of
people voted, are clearly less entitled to be called the winner than Bill
Clinton is.

>2) [Clinton's] support was strong in all regions of the country
>
>>It would seem to me that Mr Clinton will have a problem in that he does
>>not come to Washington with a mandate to govern. ( comments )
>
>A "mandate" is what you make it.  Not getting a majority did not
>bother Wilson, JFK, or Nixon.

Clinton's strong support in all regions of the country, including the South,
recently a strongly Republican block, and the West, also a strongly Republi-
can block, gives him the mandate.  A narrow squeek in the electoral college
would be a sign of no mandate.  Clinton did not win by a narrow margin in
the electoral college, and Congress is aware of that.


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