More voted AGAINST Bush than any other incumbent president in history.

[blm]

Wonder why the press hasn't noticed THAT fact?

More people voted FOR Kerry than voted for Reagan in his landslide victory.

[FeelinGarfunkelly]

1. I personally voted FOR Kerry.. spin spin n/t

[Worst Username Ever]

2. also the slimmest electoral victory for an incumbent since 1916 n/t

[SeattleDem]

3. I wrote that in my LTE today

here it is, sent to the Seattle PI. Feel free to edit the language and send it to your paper too:

To the editor:

I'm tired of hearing reporters and pundits declare that Bush and his party now have a mandate to govern this country as they see fit (that is, further pushing their radical right-wing agenda). Yes, more people voted for Bush than have voted for any other sitting president in history. But the converse is true as well: more people voted against Bush than have ever voted against a previous sitting president. Mandate? Not so when more than 50 million Americans resoundingly rejected Bush's agenda.

[skooooo]

4. Well, more people voted period because population has gone up..

...so not sure your factoid means all that much.

[Claire Beth]

5. yes! n/t

[Zuni]

6. exactly. Don't let the f-ers steal that

and it was a very slim electoral margin.