[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.

I meant to add, that we may have already had this result without an  
obvious showing of that condition.  The negative national feeling  
toward Lyndon Johnson may have been the driving force for the Nixon  
victory over Humphrey, while Nixon though that he had a mandate.

David