"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:58:50 +0100, Ace
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:29:00 -0500, "D. Strang"
wrote:

"Ace" wrote

So who has the greater number of votes cast in their favour?
Bush or
Gore?

Bush. He had the most electoral votes.

You change the question. Who had the greater number of votes cast
in
their favour?

I and several others in this forum have tried to inform you that
while
the popular vote is entertaining, it isn't the method described in
the
U. S. Constitution for selection of the chief executive.

In other words, it doesn't matter who got the greater number of
popular votes. That might not be the perfect system in some minds,
but
in a federation it works to provide some balance in the
representation
between large and small states.

Now, start paying attention, because there is going to be a test.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8

Dang Ed, where you been?