^^^ I guess you don't no the concept of the American electoral system. The US citizen does not vote for president. There isn't any national elections. You vote for the person you want in your state. Then your state represents you through delegates. The national popular vote is something that is tallied by the news media and nowhere else. There are no official records of how many votes a presidents gets nationally. Only state by state.
Gore is not the first person to win the popular vote and lose the presidency. Nixon beat JFK by popular vote, but Didn't become president. Same thing happened to either Grover Cleveland or Garfield.
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kjb434 @ Dec 17th 2007 12:16PM
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I guess you don't no the concept of the American electoral system. The US citizen does not vote for president. There isn't any national elections. You vote for the person you want in your state. Then your state represents you through delegates. The national popular vote is something that is tallied by the news media and nowhere else. There are no official records of how many votes a presidents gets nationally. Only state by state.
Gore is not the first person to win the popular vote and lose the presidency. Nixon beat JFK by popular vote, but Didn't become president. Same thing happened to either Grover Cleveland or Garfield.