I'm sorry. That is just a stupid statement. Wanted to point that out.
I'll explain this slowly for the mentally deficient. You see, in America, when we have elections, the ballot lists all the candidates for a given race. Each voter is allowed to choose whichever candidate they want. So if there are candidates A, B, C and D, then candidate A gets all the votes cast for A, candidate B gets all the votes cast for B, and so on. Votes cast for candidate D do not get counted toward candidate B's total, unless you are a voter in Florida, in which case you are already hopelessly confused.