Re: Conservatives and Terrorism

From: lensman1955 (lensman1955_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: 8 Nov 2004 02:41:35 -0800

"Christopher M. Jones" <christopher.m.jones@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<RcydndcydqMInxLcRVn-og@comcast.com>...
> lensman1955 wrote:
> > "Christopher M. Jones" <christopher.m.jones@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<QMCdnXgk9N-hgxDcRVn-qA@comcast.com>...
> >
> >>lensman1955 wrote:
> >>>>Then I guess JFK didn't have a mandate. He only won by a hundred
> >>>>thousand votes.
> >>>
> >>>What was the percentage? Was it more that 51%?
> >>
> >>http://www.multied.com/elections/1960pop.html
> >>
> >>49.7% to 49.5%.
> >>
> >>The electoral vote was 303 to 219 (15 went to Byrd),
> >>a difference of 84 electoral votes. And a difference
> >>of 118,574 votes, out of a population of 179,323,175
> >>(0.07%).
> >>
> >>Now, in 2004:
> >>http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/
> >>
> >>In contrast, Bush won by 51% to 48% of the vote, with
> >>286 vs. 252 electoral votes (a difference of 34). A
> >>difference of 3,510,358 votes, out of a population of
> >>approximately 293,027,571 (1.2%).
> >>
> >>By these measures Bush has a "mandate" 17 times as
> >>large as JFK's in the popular vote and 40% as large
> >>as JFK's in the electoral vote.
> >
> > To be honest, I never claimed JFK had a mandate of any kind. Where do
> > you find this information and how far back does it go?
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=us+presidential+elections

Thanks.