1. voter turnout was less than 60% of all eligible voters 2. Shrub got just under 51%. 3. therefore he recieved .51 * .6 = 30.6% of the total eligible voting population.
lets play with your numbers then .553 *.51 = .282 or only 28.2 % of the eligible voting population voted for Bush. Keep it up you're proving my point, and with a bit of work I am sure you can master fractions as well. On 10/21/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mandate? Your drifting but I'll play. > > Did you mean to say only 31% of eligible voters? > Because 52% (methinks) of people that voted (actual voters), voted for Bush. > > If you want to play with numbers and count all voters then the 55.3 > was the highest turnout since 1968 and Nixon only got 43.4% of the > vote. > Calculate that and then tell me if any US President has ever received > over 31% based on your standards. > > On 10/21/05, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Over all less than 31% of all voters went for Bush, some mandate. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177741 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
