Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] Today -- was Tomorrow
From: pswango at att.net (Phil Swango)
Date: Tue Nov 2 15:16:32 2004
References: <200411022038.iA2KZPaD042573@server1.waverley.reid.org>

At 01:38 PM 11/2/2004, someone wrote:

> > The Electoral College, in essence, requires the formation of a
> > coalition of large and small states, one voter at a time.
> >
> > Lincoln was a minority president in the popular vote.
> >

True, but he still got more votes than the nearest contender (Douglas), and 
the electoral vote wasn't close at all.  Look here for details:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/U.S.-presidential-election,-1860



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