why did presidental canidates(like john kerry) lose to the person who became president(like bush)?

Question

as big awnsers as possible, please.

Answer 1

What actually happened in that election was that John Kerry actually won because he received the most votes from the public. Each state has a certain number of people in the House of Representatives. Whatever the majority of the state was (bush or Kerry) that's how many votes the candidate would win. For example, in MA there are two people in the House of Representatives. Because the majority of the people in MA voted Kerry, he received 2 votes. So in the end, Bush received more votes from the House of Representatives. That was why he won and Kerry lost, even though Kerry won the public vote.

Answer 2

If you want to know why Bush won over Kerry, I really can't tell you why more people voted for Bush. I would rant on about how nonsensical it is and what were they thinking, but politics tends to be a sensitive subject to the degree that we can just say what was done is done. Bush won, and that can't be changed because its in the past. But what we can do is make sure the nation is aware of the mistakes they made and not make them again in the future. I hope that helped

Answer 3

Because Middle America and the Religious Right wanted a President who shared their views, not someone whose spoke over their heads. They preferred a man who successfully avoided going to Viet Nam over one who went, returned a disillusioned hero, and then acting out of his true convictions and the same need to service which took him to Viet Nam, protested the war that he had seen first hand. Middle America can relate better to a reformed drunk and the Religious Right cam relate better to a born-again sinner than either can to man who saw that not only had he sinned, but he had done it following the supposed legal orders of his country. Quite simply, there are more reformed drunks and back-sliding sinners in this country than people who act out of their true convictions and are willing to stand up for what is right even when popular support is currently on the other side. People do not want to hear that their sons, brothers, and fathers died in a war that we should never have entered anymore than they want to hear that we have entered another war that we can not win.
On a side note, H. L. Mencken once wrote that someday Middle American would get it fondest wish and elect a complete idiot to the White House.

Answer 4

There are many reasons, but one fact stands out; like him or not, Karl Rove is a political genius who uses Evangelical Christians as a voting block the way the Democrats used to use the labor unions in the 1940's and 50's.

Answer 5

To Scott M: Kerry probably has more money than the Bushes combined. Remember, his wife is Heir to Heinz, the ketchup people.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Bush and Kerry are cousins. Two sides to the same coin

Answer 8

Not sure what an awnsers is, but if you'd like the definitive answer, I can supply that.

Not too big though, just true. Bush got more votes.

Answer 9

liberals lie tell what u want to hear america is wakeing up at least busch does what he says he is going to do is he the best pres. who knows history will sort this out just be proud to be an american if u don't like who is in office then vote the next election

Answer 10

Just so you know I voted for President George W. Bush.

The answer to your question, I will not flame it, is a majority of my fellow American citizens cast votes for him.

Best Wishes and Good Fortune my friend