Don't we have more PEOPLE than ever?

Yes but only because our Lord and Savior saw that Bush needed more people, so he bestowed them upon us with a Heavenly fury to ensure that the Republicans, his chosen people, would rule the day once again.

Thank goodness they're not having those pesky abortions!

Quantity doesnt affect percentage.

You didn't say percentage. You said he won by the highest popular vote ever. That is entirely different than winning by the highest percent ever.

HTH.

Quoted for posterity.

I find it humourous that Republicans/Bush suppurters are so critical of those who say "If this happens/doesn't happen, then I'm leaving" given that this seems to be the oficial Bush policy towards International Law, Organizations, Trade Agreements, etc.

I would like to make sure and note that not all Republicans agree with Bush about the whole abortion issue, and not all Democrats disagree with him on it.

I think people are taking all of this way out of context. If you heard people threatening to leave the country if someone YOU supported got elected, I have a feeling you would also say that they were welcome to it.

I am NOT saying that people who disagree with Bush should GTFO... not by any means. YES, I voted for him and YES I am proud to say so. Does that mean that I agree with everything he says, everything he does, and every policy he has? HELL NO!!!

But, Democrat or Republican, man or woman, I support the administration in charge. I know that I will never agree with everything ANY administration does, but I am a free person living in a free country and I am thankful for that. And I trust that the administration knows much more than I do and that they will do what is in the best interest of the country and the world.

According to Wikipedia, Bush got 50.73% of the popular vote. George H.W. Bush got 53.4% in 1988. Reagan got 58.8% in 1984.

Clearly, he did not get the highest percentage of the popular vote in history.

Honestly, I don't really care what people do, beyond my friends, family and a few co-workers/associates. People can stay if they want, people can leave, that's entirely their right.

As for me, it's a pet peeve when people constantly say "If so and so happens, I'm leaving." Also, as I said previously, it doesn't matter whether it's a Republican, Democrat, Green party, whoever who says it. I would think the same thing if Kerry was elected and it had been Republicans talking like that.

I don't think anyone is going to dispute this. But when people are attacked with petty one-liners simply because someone doesn't agree with them, they feel they have to respond in some way. BTW Lil'Hannah- that was not directed at you.

MY bottom line: The election was almost a year ago. I don't think it will make an ounce of difference now so there is no point arguing about it.

I'm sure there are tons of statistics that would have to be pulled comparing the number of voting-aged people now compared to the past, as well as the number of registered voters compared to the past, as well as the number of those registered who actually voted compared to the past.... And population changes taken into consideration to REALLY figure out the highest popular vote ever.

Regardless of population, highest popular vote is highest. I'm certainly not going to bother trying to figure out the statistics.

Yeah, and Wikipedia is REAL reliable...isn't that the "encyclopedia where anybody and everybody can go in and make changes as they see fit?

Well changes have to be approved but for the most part it is reliable. It was the most organized site that I could quickly pull up statistics. If you want to question it's validity that's fine, but like I said it's pretty reliable.

2004: Bush 58,390,139
2000: Gore 50,996,582
1996: Clinton 45,590,703*
1992: Clinton 44,908,254*
1988: Bush 47,946,000
1984: Reagan 54,455,000
1980: Reagan 43,901,812

And if you want to see it in pictures:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic.../countymap.htm

-Rudey

Rudith, those are numbers, not percentages. No one is disputing that he had the highest NUMBER of popular votes, but it is important to keep in mind, as Valkryie pointed out, there are more people now too.

-Lil' Hannah
--I hope you didn't buy that shirt.