Election time, who did you vote for?

[GameOver22]

dsgrue3 said:

GameOver22 said:

dsgrue3 said:

chocoloco said:

 

By the way, the popular vote still shows a lead for Romney. That does not matter as swing state polls are continually favoring Obama.

History proves otherwise. Only one time in our history as a country has a President received +3% of the popular vote and lost the election. Samuel J. Tilden - 1876.

Why +3 percent? That seems like an arbitrary and cherry-picked number.

That's what occurred in 1876. If you disclude that election, no President has received +1% nationally and lost the electoral vote.

RCP Average	10/15 - 10/24	--	--	47.9	47.0	Romney +0.9
Rasmussen Reports	10/22 - 10/24	1500 LV	3.0	50	47	Romney +3
ABC News/Wash Post	10/21 - 10/24	1386 LV	3.0	50	47	Romney +3
IBD/TIPP	10/19 - 10/24	948 LV	3.5	45	47	Obama +2
Gallup	10/18 - 10/24	2700 LV	2.0	50	47	Romney +3
Associated Press/GfK	10/19 - 10/23	839 LV	4.2	47	45	Romney +2
Monmouth/SurveyUSA/Braun	10/18 - 10/21	1402 LV	2.6	48	45	Romney +3
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	10/17 - 10/20	816 LV	3.4	47	47	Tie

Yeah, I know that, but a candidate only needs to win +.00001 percent of the vote to win the popular vote. Using +1 is just as arbitrary as using +3. The point is that its perfectly feasible to lose the popular vote and win the election (there's a reason why candidates focus on swing states while ignoring  the non-competitive states).

To put bluntly, candidates aren't stupid. They don't try to win the popular vote. They try to win the Electoral College.