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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mama Bear who wrote (86607)	12/10/2000 11:33:09 PM
From: BGR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

MB, I am not a citizen of the USA. My comment was not about the USA. It was a hypothetical question (note the use of the word may) about fair election principles in general, which are universal under all democracies. However, I am curious. If the USA is not a democracy, then what is the political system in vogue? -BGR.

To: Mama Bear who wrote (86607)	12/11/2000 11:30:41 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Mama Bear; Re: "Hmm, the last time a candidate lost the popular vote (by less than 10,000 votes) but won the electoral college was in 1888. It has happened 4 times (assuming Bush is sworn in) in 104 Presidential elections. Hmm, are you sure 'continual' is the right word?" Do you have a link for that 104 number? It seems a bit large to me, but with how long the presidential campaigns last nowadays, maybe they slipped a couple elections in on us... -- Carl