LynnTheDem
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Fri Nov-05-04 12:37 AM
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bush's popular vote margin smallest since 1976 |
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Bush's popular vote margin of about 3.6 million votes (out of approximately 115 million total votes cast) was the smallest since 1976. http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/scores.html#1976
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Fri Nov-05-04 12:38 AM
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As the Wall Street Journal points out, Bush's victory was "the narrowest win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916."
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LynnTheDem
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Fri Nov-05-04 12:39 AM
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One is PV margine, the other is EV %.
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Fri Nov-05-04 12:46 AM
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3. so I assume the -500,000 margin in '00 doesn't apply |
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Fri Nov-05-04 12:50 AM
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4. He might have left out "by a re elected incumbent" just a guess. nt |
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