Al Gore Junior won the popular vote with 0.51% margin of victory. This did not include the 3,000 contested yet cleared military absentee ballots in Florida. In fact it ignored a number of absentee ballots that were not going to affect the outcome.
With a 0.51% victory, the ENTIRE NATION would’ve needed a full recount of the votes. Fraud would need to be prosecuted.
Talk about chaos. And the liberal owned big cities would control the election to the disgust of the overwhelming majorities of the counties in this country.
I feel this is worth repeating each time I see a thread challenging the constitutional Electoral election process.
The 2000 presidential election was unique. Al Gore received more votes than George Bush. George Bush received more Electoral College votes than Al Gore electing George Bush President. Neither received a majority of the popular votes. Al Gore’s attempt to steal the election caused the media to provide far more information than was usual for a presidential election. That additional information is the point of this response.
I spent a large part of my life feeling that the Electoral College was some sort of a mistake. The wisdom and foresight of the Constitution’s framers became apparent with life’s experiences and observations. However, I don’t think the wisdom of the Electoral election process really took a firm grip until I saw the USA Today’s county by county voting map for the 2000 presidential election and then again in 2004. Please review these voting maps before taking a decision on the merits, or lack of, for the Electoral College.
Hmmm, each state uses different rules for voting and one big state could cheat the system to victory for the nation.