Posted by lil' jimi on November 10, 2006, at 10:53:37
In reply to Re: And now, while the iron is cold » Dinah, posted by madeline on November 8, 2006, at 20:15:47
hey, Maddie
> Now, what the consequences of the electoral college failing to follow the populist vote would be - well. It probably wouldn't be good. Let's hope it never happens.
please see 2000 presidentail election:
"This election marked the third time in United States history that a candidate had definitively won the electoral college and thus the Presidency without winning a plurality of the popular vote. (This also happened in the elections of 1876 and 1888.)"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2000
we may hope against hope that it never happens, again.
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