Comments on: Several Deep Breaths Reco’d for Minnesota, Nation

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:28:49 +0000

No just that in cases where the vote is a tie, that the challenger be declared the winner.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:06:09 +0000

So what exactly are you suggesting, Don Quijote, that incumbents should be required to get something more than a simple majority of the vote to win?

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:06:14 +0000

“That's not quite accurate, Bush lost the popular vote.”

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was referring to Florida in particular.

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:29:10 +0000

we don't elect a president on popular vote and voting for someone else is not the same as voting against someone

If a sitting US Senator with all the structural advantages he/she has over the opposition cannot win a clear and decisive electoral victory, it's time to replace him/her, not time to flip a coin to determine who the winner is going to be.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:04:25 +0000

Except there were definitely shenanigans in that Florida vote. Jeb promised the state to his brother and with the help of the ethically challenged Katherine Harris and some voter suppression, Bush prevailed after it was initially announced that Gore had won.

By: EEllis

EEllis — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:24:39 +0000

Don we don't elect a president on popular vote and voting for someone else is not the same as voting against someone

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:43:40 +0000

In that sense, this is identical to Gore/Bush. There is no winner.

That's not quite accurate, Bush lost the popular vote.

They might as well flip a coin - it would be just as accurate a decision.

More people voted against a sitting Senator than for him. Dean Barkley got 437404 votes.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:41:56 +0000

In that sense, this is identical to Gore/Bush. There is no winner. It is a tie. All counts are well within any margin of error, and no result can really be said to be accurate to the point of identifying a definitive winner.

They might as well flip a coin – it would be just as accurate a decision.