drawscore wrote:Prior to the 2016 presidential election, there were four other times when the winner of the popular vote, lost in the electoral college:
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There have been assassination attempts on Andrew Jackson, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan.
The longest serving president: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 12 years, one month.
Boocola wrote:George Washington was the only President of the United States of America to get 100 percent popular vote.
Jason Toddman wrote:All the more reason to do away with the Electoral college altogether and replace it with something more sensible, such as ranked-choice voting.
http://acgov.org/rov/rcv/
drawscore wrote:Jason Toddman wrote:All the more reason to do away with the Electoral college altogether and replace it with something more sensible, such as ranked-choice voting.
http://acgov.org/rov/rcv/
No, the electoral college was put in place for a reason. Without it, candidates would concentrate their efforts in the most populous states, and ignore the rest. The electoral college ensures a candidate has a broad range of support; not just the support of those living in large urban areas.
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drawscore wrote:Boocola wrote:George Washington was the only President of the United States of America to get 100 percent popular vote.
I might dispute that. In 1788, when Washington was first elected, the Constitution called for the person receiving the most votes would be elected president, and the runner up would be the vice president. John Adams had to get SOME votes, in order to become Washington's VP.
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Boocola wrote:drawscore wrote:Boocola wrote:George Washington was the only President of the United States of America to get 100 percent popular vote.
I might dispute that. In 1788, when Washington was first elected, the Constitution called for the person receiving the most votes would be elected president, and the runner up would be the vice president. John Adams had to get SOME votes, in order to become Washington's VP.
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Dispute away, I checked Google before posting
Jason Toddman wrote:Boocola wrote:drawscore wrote:Boocola wrote:George Washington was the only President of the United States of America to get 100 percent popular vote.
I might dispute that. In 1788, when Washington was first elected, the Constitution called for the person receiving the most votes would be elected president, and the runner up would be the vice president. John Adams had to get SOME votes, in order to become Washington's VP.
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Dispute away, I checked Google before posting
Drawscore is correct in this case. George Washington ran unopposed and was elected virtually unanamously. Adams won the VP in a separate voting process where he beat out a number of other candidates. The first election wasn't conducted in quite the same way that subsequent ones after Washington have been.
Boocola wrote:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I can't rely on information that's really funny really it is, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Jason Toddman wrote:Boocola wrote:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I can't rely on information that's really funny really it is, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I'm a little vague on exactly who or what it is that you are laughing at. Ican tell you though that i've knoen this since high school, as history is one of my strongest interests.
Boocola wrote:I am laughing at myself for receiving bad information.
drawscore wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Oohmynameisblue wrote:- 3 presidents have died on Independence Day. Jefferson, John Adams and Monroe.
Oohmynameisblue wrote:
- 1 president was born on Independence Day - Calvin Coolidge.
Valimure wrote:This is also the first time Republicans have controlled all 3 branches of government since 1928!
Meanwhile, the Great Depression began in 1929.
HISTORY IS FUN
truly_trussed wrote:Valimure wrote:This is also the first time Republicans have controlled all 3 branches of government since 1928!
Meanwhile, the Great Depression began in 1929.
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Actually the GOP had full control in 2000 with the election, er Supreme Court selection of President Bush. The Great Recession began in 2007.
drawscore wrote:
While the Republicans may control the presidency, and both houses of congress (Executive and Legislative branches), the third branch - Judicial -
is split 4-4 at the Supreme Court level.
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Jason Toddman wrote:drawscore wrote:
While the Republicans may control the presidency, and both houses of congress (Executive and Legislative branches), the third branch - Judicial -
is split 4-4 at the Supreme Court level.
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Only for the moment; they now have a golden opportunity to rectify that situation.
Mask6184 wrote:
Not quite. Any appointments such as cabinet members and supreme court justices still need 2/3 of the senate for confirmation, in which the republican party does not have.
Jason Toddman wrote:Mask6184 wrote:
Not quite. Any appointments such as cabinet members and supreme court justices still need 2/3 of the senate for confirmation, in which the republican party does not have.
True, but considering how often Democrats have caved in to the GOP lately, i'm not terribly hopeful of a positive outcome.
Mask6184 wrote:
I recall the shutdown over Obamacare where in the end, the budget favored the Democratic side heavily.