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Old 11-06-2012, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ASUADPi View Post

It seems like every election since I could vote there has been an EC fiasco.
Really? Exaggerate much? I've only been alive for one election in which it was an issue, much less eligible to vote in an election in which it was a problem.

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Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
FWIW, since the popular vote became the norm for how states selected presidential electors (1832 for all states except South Carolina), there have only been three instances where the winner of the electoral college did not also win the popular vote -- 1876, 1888 and 2000.
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