[Grovenet] Dependent or Independent? (WAS: A DifferentChristmasPoem)

[David Morelli]

On Dec 16, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> I think it would be very dangerous to have a president who won by  
> default with only a small minority of votes because most votes cast  
> were against the other candidates.
>
> In either case a candidate might not win, but I think the emotional  
> effect on the people whose candidate lost would be very much worse  
> if it happened because too many people voted *against* him or her  
> instead of *for* him or her.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire

When Bush worn re-election he acted as if he had a mandate.  Even if  
we had the same election outcome, the negative votes from the Swift  
Boat campaign would have shown that Bush wasn't approved by more than  
50% of the electorate.  The lack of a mandate would have been more  
obvious.

David