What % Of The Popular Vote Did Obama Get?
maddowfan
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:03 PM
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What % Of The Popular Vote Did Obama Get?
What's it now? It keeps changing. Also, when was the last time a president got the popular vote % that he has gotten with this election?
mikiturner
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:04 PM
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1. It's about 52.5 to 46.5
Give or take. It'll change a couple of tenths of a percent either way.
scheming daemons
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:04 PM
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The last time anyone got that much was Bush I in 1988.... 54%
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:08 PM
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3. Oooh, you're rounding up.
hughee99
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:08 PM
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4. And the last Dem to do that well was LBJ in 1964 (60%). n/t
brazos121200
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:09 PM
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5. So, the "greatest liberal in the Senate "has won the biggest victory
of any candidate in 20 years. Clinton won more electoral votes but never cracked 50% of the vote.
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:10 PM
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6. Its not over yet. His tally keeps on going up. I think he may reach 65,000,000
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:14 PM
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7. Jimmy Carter got 52% of the popular vote in 1976, but he
only got 297 electoral votes. And he got that by sweeping the south, every southern state except Virginia.
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:18 PM
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8. No, Carter won 50.1% to Fords 48.0%
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Thu Nov-06-08 07:22 PM
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9. here is the screen shot from cnn, they haven't updated the electoral college yet
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