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Did Your Vote Really Count?
Nov 6, 2008 | 7:50 AM
Category: Political
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If you're like me, Floridians, you went out and voted, and you got a sticker!  Mine says, "My vote counted!". 

 

But someone mentioned how much different the popular vote and the electoral votes were in the 2008 presidential election, so I thought I would check it out and see what effect this odd system has had on our country's highest office.  Here's what I found.

 

Samuel J. Tilden would have beaten Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.

Grover Cleveland would have won against Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Al Gore would have won against George W. Bush in 2000.

As you can see, it is interesting that the electoral system has taken away your right to vote for your candidate.  It doesn't seem fair to the people.


This info was found at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html
 

If you check it out you will see several elections in which the popular vote and the electoral vote do not match closely.  In 1880 James A. Garfield only won the popular vote by about 7,000 votes, out of over eight million tallied, yet he won the electoral vote by 50 votes!

 

The electoral system has destroyed the ability of anyone outside of the two major parties to win an election in America.  Just one example, in 1992 H. Ross Perot received  just under 20 million votes (19% of the total votes), a little over half of the votes received by George H. Bush, and almost half of the votes received by William J. Clinton.  How many electoral votes did H. Ross Perot receive after being voted for by 19,742,267 American citizens?  ZERO!  Those TWENTY MILLION VOTES were STOLEN from Perot and given to the other two candidates.  Redistribution of votes?

 

 

What do you think?

Is the electoral vote system fair to the American people?

Can any candidate that is not with the two controlling parties ever win a presidential election in this country?

Does your vote really count?

Should we change our current system to a popular vote system?

Why or why not?

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ROGER459 read my blog view my photos
Nov 6, 2008 | 11:51 AM

Thank you for Your Post! BUT... You did not Mention the "ILLEGAL ALIEN" Votes included?

Our Government will admit to '12-Million Illegal’s"... but most sources say the number is In Excess of 20-Million Illegal’s!

Seeing HOW An Illegal... can get a Drivers License... HOW MANY… Swayed the VOTE this Week?

How many of the 20-Million wanting… ‘FREE SOCIAL PROGRAMS’… Voted???

And the Military Votes... that were NOT Counted... How would that Affect the VOTE?

To 'WIN'... through “Obfuscation and Treachery”… Is NOT Really Winning!

Thanks, Roger459.
michaelnash read my blog view my photos
Nov 6, 2008 | 5:17 PM

The pros for the electoral system: NO SPOILERS.
The cons against the electoral system: ONLY TWO POLITICAL PARTIES.
northton read my blog view my photos
Nov 7, 2008 | 4:12 AM

When you say "spoilers" I assume you mean any candidate that is not in one of the two "real" parties?
northton read my blog view my photos
Nov 7, 2008 | 4:19 AM

In 2000, Gore had the majority of the popular vote nationwide by half a million votes, however Florida did a recount, and Gore lost in Florida by a mere 500 votes, giving Bush all of the Florida electoral votes. 271 to 266.

In the end, every Florida vote counted as more than one thousand "regular" votes.
michaelnash read my blog view my photos
Nov 10, 2008 | 7:56 AM

Electoral College. e-lec-tor-al col-lege n.-
1. A popularly elected body of electors chosen by the States and the District of Columbia to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
2. A school that Hillsborough County election officials should have gone to in an attempt to learn how to count votes faster.
Gammies61 read my blog view my photos
Nov 11, 2008 | 1:40 PM

I think every vote should count. I thought they did. LOL How stupid am I?
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