-=> Quoting Grant Cunningham to Nolan Penney on 20 Aug 96  21:03 <=-
 Re: things 
 ML> JP>> As for someone winning the popular vote but losing the election,
 ML> JP>> just  off the top of my head, I think the Nixon-Kennedy race was
 ML> JP>> the last  time it happened.
 ML>> It has never happened.  Kennedy did win the popular vote as I
 ML>> recall.   Not by much, but he won.
 
 NP> Max!  Come on.  Get a clue!  It's happened a fair number of times
 NP> actually.
 GC> Chapter and verse, Nolan: who and when.  Since you say "a fair number
 GC> of times", do you mean 6??  10?  more??  Just *which* ones? 
 GC> Put up or...
Someone already said it didn't happen in this century, but it happened in 
1876 and 1888. I can guess that some others (like 1860) involved a 
plurality - less than 50% - of both votes.
Let's see ... in order for someone to have a majority of the electoral
college and minority of the popular vote, he'd have to lose a few of the 
most populous states and will all of the smaller states (maybe only 
barely). Certainly sounds posible.
Steve
... Shooting someone with a minor caliber is disrespectful.
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