2008 Election views chart:

[NightDragon83]

Obliterator1700 said:

NightDragon83 said:

ssj12 said:

halogamer1989 said:
Nader won't even get 5% of the vote in my book.

 

in 2004 he got 12%, I predict higher this year.

 

Ummm, are you serious??? Like, REALLY???

 

Bush got 51% of the vote in 2004...

Kerry got 49% of the vote...

So where on God's green earth does that 12% figure fit into the equation?

Where did you get those numbers?

 

 

I pulled them outta my ass...

 

 

 

 

Sike!

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/president/

 

STATUS	CANDIDATE	VOTE	VOTE %	EV
	Bush (Incumbent)	62,040,606	51%	286
	Kerry	59,028,109	48%	252
	Nader	411,304	1%	0

CNN was being generous here and gave 1% to Nader... which again proves my previous point about Nader taking away Dem votes since that would have gone to Kerry, which is why he only has 48% here instead of 49%, not that it would have mattered as there was no mathematical way for him to win regardless.

See what just a little research can do?  Now compare that with Clinton's victories, and notice in both elections how much of the vote Ross Perot took (almost 19% in '92, that-single handedly cost Bush Sr. the election) and also how in both of his victories he couldn't crack more than 50% of the total popular vote, yet everyone considers him to be so much more popular of a president than Bush...

1996

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
	William Clinton	Albert Gore Jr.	Democratic	47,400,125	49.23%	379	70.4%
	Robert Dole	Jack Kemp	Republican	39,198,755	40.72%	159	29.6%
	H. Ross Perot	Pat Choate	Reform	8,085,402	8.40%	0	0.0%
	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	Green	685,297	0.71%	0	0.0%
	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	Libertarian	485,798	0.50%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	420,024	0.44%	0	0.0%
	Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70%  > 80%	Turnout

 

1992

	Presidential Candidate	Vice Presidential Candidate	Political Party	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
	William Clinton	Albert Gore Jr.	Democratic	44,909,806	43.01%	370	68.8%
	George Bush	J. Danforth Quayle	Republican	39,104,550	37.45%	168	31.2%
	H. Ross Perot	James Stockdale	Independent	19,743,821	18.91%	0	0.0%
	Andre Marrou	Nancy Lord	Libertarian	290,087	0.28%	0	0.0%
	Other (+)	-	-	375,659	0.36%	0	0.0%
	Map Key  > 30%  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 80%	Turnout

And just for shits and giggles here's the infamous 2000 election results for all of you libs/Dems to mull over one more time

Candidates	Votes	Vote %	States Won	EV
Gore	50,996,116	48 %	21	266
Bush	50,456,169	48 %	30	271
Other	3,874,040	4 %	0	0