Doesn anyone think the 2000 election was corrupt? Does anyone think that the electoral college should be abolished since Gore won the popular vote?
2007-06-10 12:13:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Nope the electoral college works. Thank God Bush won and not Gore. Gore won the popular vote because liberal places like California, New York, and Ohio have larger populations. Thank God their opinions are not indicative of the whole country.
2007-06-10 12:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I believe that corruption on a local level could have played a part, in the final decision of the 2000 presidential vote.
I would do anything to keep Al Gore and Hillary Clinton out of office, and that include's wanting to keep the electoral college!
2007-06-12 13:52:14 · answer #2 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got this from another answer but the source is good.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of
Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some
interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Gore: 19
Bush: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Gore: 580,000
Bush: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Gore: 127 million
Bush: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore: 13.2
Bush: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the
territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the
taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's
territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
government-owned tenements and living off various
forms of government welfare..."
BTW if you want to go back when is your idol going to jail for perjury or how about his wife's 214 memory lapses while under oath.
You are nothing but the pot calling the kettle black. Gore wanted to dump the military absentee vote and just have particular areas recounted. Incidental that is against Florida law and that is what brought on the court crap. Gore fired the first shot in that exchange and ended up with a sunken battleship.
To a bit more recent history, would you have supported Kerry's victory if he had won that last state? It would have put him into the White House with about 43% of the popular vote while the President got over 53%. I would bet the farm you would have loved the Electoral College at that point.
Our Presidential elections have rules. Everyone is aware of them when they start and the only people that want to change them after the fact are you and my neighbor’s son who is another whining liberal. Please, go somewhere else and whine; you bore me.
2007-06-10 12:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't corrupt. lets be clear about that. Electoral college probably needs to be updated. But Gore lost that election, even he knows that.
2007-06-10 14:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's really no disputing that the 2000 election was corrupted. The Supreme Court ended up deciding it and 2 of the justices had family members working on the Bush campaign. I'm not even going to go into the voter intimidation in primarily black districts in Florida, and the fact that half the votes that weren't counted for one reason or another nationwide were cast by minorities.
The electoral college is a stupid antiquated system that serves no purpose in today's world. The elections should be based on the popular vote, period.
2007-06-10 12:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
From a Military point of view, George Bush was elected, and re-elected in a lawful manner.
2007-06-10 19:52:51 · answer #6 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there was no electoral college, JFK would have lost. It cuts both ways.
The electoral college should not be abolished even if Al Gore won.
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2007-06-10 12:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋
to that worless sack of life who said that you buy your way to government and that she doesnt say the pledge, go **** yourself and leave this counrty fi you dont like it. Be sure not to go to any country AMERICA aids in any way and i bet you come crawling back because yuo are so stupid you have no idea what you say. kill yourself and do everyone and everything a favor.
2007-06-13 18:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by Para-diddle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well , let's see.........
the 'only' state to have a 'major' problem with the
voting machines was Florida....
the 'Governor' of Florida just happened to a 'Bush'...
the Judge presiding over the voting discrepancies
just happened to be a 'Friend' of the Bush family...
and last but not least, who's 'old man' use to be director
of the CIA ?????
Nah, Florida's mess wasn't an 'controlling manipulation' !!!
2007-06-10 12:26:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Are you looking for a military answer? Anyway....no to both. Seven years have passed....Al can always run again.
2007-06-10 12:19:47 · answer #10 · answered by iraq51 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋