Originally posted by Partagas: [quote]Originally posted by Senza Mama: [b] [quote]Originally posted by AppleOnYa: [b] Thank you, Partagas...it's always nice being able to nail home the point that even though he won 2 terms, in NEITHER of those elections did Bill Clinton get 50% of the popular vote.
And he particularly wanted it in 1996.
Apple
True Clinton did not get 50% of the popular vote, but both times he easily won the popular vote. In 1996 he did get more votes than Dole & Nader put together and in 1992 Nader put in the best ever showing by a "third" candidate in terms of votes cast (over 19mill). Also as Republicans have been pointing out from Nov 2000 until today, it's not about who wins the popular vote. [/b][/quote]Point of clarification -- it was Ross Perot (how could you forget those ears) not Nader who was the strong third party candidate in '92 & '96. And Clinton DID NOT get as many votes as Dole and Perot combined - close but not quite [/b][/quote]Whoops! sorry for the typo there Partagas..got Nader on the brain for some reason...or maybe "nada" on the brain today!
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