Politics!

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi Richard,

So does that mean the electoral college is intended to suit the 
indifference in the nation?
If this were changed to a popular vote maybe there´d be some interest in 
voting in the U.S.

Kristinn







At 15:43 11.11.2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Which means that 17.2 % of American voters elected him. And folks wonder
>why they have an electoral collage...:)
>
>"Berley A. Firmin II" wrote:
>
> > "Clinton won 43% of the popular vote...."
> > He got 43% of the 40%of the people who ACTUALLY  voted.
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway