The following are all presidents of the US who were elected despite receiving less than 50% of the vote..
10 1824 John Quincy Adams 30.92% 19 1860 Abraham Lincoln 39.65% 32 1912 Woodrow Wilson 41.84% 52 1992 Bill Clinton 43.01% 46 1968 Richard Nixon 43.42% 18 1856 James Buchanan 45.29% 27 1892 Grover Cleveland 46.02% 16 1848 Zachary Taylor 47.28% 26 1888 Benjamin Harrison 47.80% 54 2000 George W. Bush 47.87% 23 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes 47.92% 24 1880 James A. Garfield 48.31% 25 1884 Grover Cleveland 48.85% 53 1996 Bill Clinton 49.23% 33 1916 Woodrow Wilson 49.24% 15 1844 James K. Polk 49.54% 41 1948 Harry S. Truman 49.55% 44 1960 John F. Kennedy 49.72% -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 19 March 2012 15:01 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Their first bitch is worse than our first bitch? OK, let's say Belgium is considered a first-world country, what other First-World country has elected a minority? ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Buckland <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:11 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Their first bitch is worse than our first bitch? Good point Mike, well argued... But actually yes Belgium are 1st World.. First World - Industrialized Countries, within the Western European and United States' Sphere of Influence NATO Member States during the Cold War Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany (West), Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain (since 1982), Turkey, United Kingdom, USA US Aligned States Israel Japan Korea (South) Former British Colonies Australia New Zealand Neutral and more or less industrialized capitalist countries Austria Ireland Sweden -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 19 March 2012 11:17 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Their first bitch is worse than our first bitch? Is Belgium First-World, though? LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Laeremans <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Their first bitch is worse than our first bitch? On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a single First-world country has elected a minority to President or Prime > Minister, that I'm aware of, except the dummies right here in the USA. > We did... "He is also the first Belgian Prime Minister of non-Walloon or Flemish descent as well as the only openly gay leader of a European Union country." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo A+ jml [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
