wrote in message news:4128ee3c.39848625@news.clara.net...
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:04:05 -0500, "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
> wrote:
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> >>
> >> The Untied States - Home of Bush the unelected, discoverer of
> >> terrorism.
> >
> >The electoral college results say that Bush was elected.
> >
>
> Well in that case he was elected on the majority of votes that were
> counted, but that may be a different result to counting the votes that
> were cast.
There were 537 votes cast, IIRC
An elector committed to Gore chose to not do so - don't recall if the
elector abstained or voted for another - lets check
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/elecpop.htm
yes, an abstension.
So the questionm you now have to answer:
is 271 a majority of 537?
yes!
its 50.04% of 537.
537/2 = 268
Is 268 < 271? Lets see....268 - 271 = -3.
Since we have a negative result, it should be clear that 271 is greater than
268.
Similarly, 266 - 271 = -5.
Since we have a negative result, it should be clear that 271 is greater than
266.
If y'have difficulty with negative numbers,
271-268 = 3
271-266 = 5
So you should see that Bush was elected, elected by a majority, and by a
majority of the votes cast.
At least, thats how it works on this side of the pond.
Dennis
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> Pete S.
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