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« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2004, 09:31:33 PM »

Because there was another candidate in the race.
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« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2004, 02:39:43 PM »

That victory margin is irrelevant. 

 During the 1996 election, 49 percent voted for Clinton and 51 percent for everybody else.  Meaning that the majority of voters chose somebody other than Clinton.  Their votes were merely spread out among several candidates

George Bush on the other hand won 51 percent of the electorate.  The majority of the voting public voted for him and his leadership verses 1996 when the majority actually voted against Bill Clinton.  Also the higher turnout reflects positively on the president, especially given that this was supposed to be a situation favorable to Democrats.

The bottom line is George W. Bush turned a popular vote loss in 2000 into a mandate.  He certainly has one now.
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« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2004, 03:24:35 PM »

god, how non-sense can you republicans get?
the reason for clinton getting 49 percent is because there was a strong third party candidate ross perot getting over 6 percent of the vote. clinton had a 9 point advantage over bob dole.
bush won 51 percent, well kerry got 48. because there was no strong third party candidate pushing the winner behind the 50 percent line.

clinton swept the electoral college in 96, bush definetely did not sweep anything whatsoever.
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