| PS360ForTheWin said: um, your 2000 votes have the party with more votes losing, damn, thats why every nation should use proportional representation |
Yes, that's due do a little something we have here called the Electoral College... basically each state has certain # of delegates, and the candidate who has the most votes in the state receives that state's delegate votes. So it's well possible that a candidate with the most number of overall votes (the popular vote) can still lose if he doesn't pick up enough states, which is exactly what happened in the 2000 election (as well as a couple of other elections many years ago)
The reason why 2000 became such a controversy is because it came down to one state: Florida, and after a long and drawn out legal battle and several recounts the state was finally awarded to Bush, thus giving him enough Electoral Votes to win the presidency.
It ain't perfect but it works well compared to alot of other nations who don't have such a system and are notorius for rigging elections *cough* Cuba and Venezuela *cough*
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
