Hiya Fox. Congratulations.
Foxfyre wrote:It appears that George Bush will mostly likely win with more votes than have ever been cast for the winning candidate and by a substantial majority of the popular vote.
True. But there's another side, as well. Lemme copy this from the bookie thread, I was planning to carry it over into this thread anyway:
timberlandko wrote:
"First time since '88 a president has been elected with a clear majority, not a mere plurality."
True.
However, he won by a margin of 3%. That margin is smaller than the margins with which Clinton won in 96 and 92, the margin Bush won with in 88, and the margins Reagan won in either of his victories.
In short, Bush has now been elected to 8 years of presidency with the two smallest margins of victory since 1976.
Of the five narrowest margins of victory in Presidential elections since WW1, Bush has two (the others being Carter, Nixon '68 and Kennedy).
A nation split down the middle.
