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Talk:United States presidential election, 2000 (view source)
Revision as of 22:15, August 7, 2007
, 22:15, August 7, 2007→Plurality of popular vote: the percentages are already there
:: It is interesting to note that prior to the election, earlier projections pointed towards a possible Al Gore electoral win with George Bush winning the popular vote. When this was brought up to the Gore camp as to whether this would be right, the response was that of course it would be; it was the electoral college that mattered. It was only after Bush's win that the discrediting concept on needing to win the popular vote kicked in. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:27, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
:: It is interesting to note that prior to the election, earlier projections pointed towards a possible Al Gore electoral win with George Bush winning the popular vote. When this was brought up to the Gore camp as to whether this would be right, the response was that of course it would be; it was the electoral college that mattered. It was only after Bush's win that the discrediting concept on needing to win the popular vote kicked in. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:27, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
:::Noting it as a fact, in the same way that Clinton's lack of absolute majority in 1992 has now (belatedly) been mentioned is NOT meant to discredit him. I just thought it would be nice to be consistent. I have studied US politics purely from the standpoint of how the system works, and the way the 2000 results panned out is of interest. It's notable. If we really are this paranoid, then would the preference be to delete similar comments on other election pages? As I said, I'm easy. If having less rather than more information is the preference I can live with that. [[User:Ferret|Ferret]] 17:16, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
:::Noting it as a fact, in the same way that Clinton's lack of absolute majority in 1992 has now (belatedly) been mentioned is NOT meant to discredit him. I just thought it would be nice to be consistent. I have studied US politics purely from the standpoint of how the system works, and the way the 2000 results panned out is of interest. It's notable. If we really are this paranoid, then would the preference be to delete similar comments on other election pages? As I said, I'm easy. If having less rather than more information is the preference I can live with that. [[User:Ferret|Ferret]] 17:16, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
:::: Now you sound paranoid. You are not proposing to add info -- the percentages are already there. I went to the 1992 page, and added the percentages, so now that page is more informative as well. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 18:15, 7 August 2007 (EDT)