No there was not a majority, no person got more than 50% of the vote. It take more than half to be a majority. Al Gore got more votes than any other candidate (a plurality)
The Electoral College requires a majority of the Electoral votes, which the sates award to the candidate, the states determine how they award these votes, most states give all or nothing, but there are two that actually award based on districts. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: interesting survey.... > > Actually, a majority of (voting) Americans voted Al Gore into office. > > But our election system does not care who gets a majority of votes, but a > plurality of "electoral college votes". > > Not the same in terms of why the popular vote didn't count, but do you > think a majority of Zimbabwe wanted Mugabe there? And that he represents > the "will of the people"? > > As for Iraq, what do you think the penalties should be for violating their > treaties and continuing to develop and hide WMD? > > Or are you of the belief that Iraq has come totally clean, has done > nothing wrong, and should just be left alone? > > Jerry Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
