Popular Vote

[lukin]

What surprises me about the US election results is that Obama only received 53% of the popular vote. Why am I surprised?

1. With the MSM clearly favouring Obama, 53% is a low number.

2. McCain was a sacrificial lamb for the GOP. He had no chance from the get go.

3. McCain ran a terrible campaign.

4. With al of Obama's charisma, I predicted he would have received around 62% of the vote.

5. After GWB's disastous presidency, all momentum was in the Democrat's favour.

The United States is a nation divided.

I hope Obama does well. They only thing that scares me about Obama will be if he appoints FAR-Left judges to the Supreme court.

[M.Dancer]

53% is a significant improvement from Kerry's stab....

[lukin]

53% is a significant improvement from Kerry's stab....

Not when you consider all the hype Obama had, nevermind the 80% support he had from the MSM.

[M.Dancer]

Not when you consider all the hype Obama had, nevermind the 80% support he had from the MSM.

Suffice to say, don't believe the Hype, or rather the hype never came close to matching the polling.

[bush_cheney2004]

What surprises me about the US election results is that Obama only received 53% of the popular vote. Why am I surprised?

Yes, why were you "surprised"? Why did you have any quantitative expectations at all?

1. With the MSM clearly favouring Obama, 53% is a low number.

The MSM cannot vote. It is often a skewed reflection of reality.

2. McCain was a sacrificial lamb for the GOP. He had no chance from the get go.

Senator McCain did well just to earn his party's nomination based on prior experience(2000) and disaffected party faithful.

3. McCain ran a terrible campaign.

So did all the other losers.

4. With al of Obama's charisma, I predicted he would have received around 62% of the vote.

A Democrat has not cracked 50% for a very long time (1976).....with or without "charisma". Even JFK couldn't do it.

5. After GWB's disastous presidency, all momentum was in the Democrat's favour.

That's what they said in 2004 too. Bush won.

The United States is a nation divided.

But apparently not as divided as Canada given current circumstances.

I hope Obama does well. They only thing that scares me about Obama will be if he appoints FAR-Left judges to the Supreme court.

Why would that matter?

[JerrySeinfeld]

I completely agree. For all the hype, this guy had to be dragged across the finish lnie, not once (primaries) but TWICE (general election) by the media.

So much for all the hype. As with GW Bush, he's just another president who won by a sliver.

[BubberMiley]

I completely agree. For all the hype, this guy had to be dragged across the finish lnie, not once (primaries) but TWICE (general election) by the media.

But considering you didn't think he had a chance earlier this year, he did quite well. Well enough to win, which is all that matters as I understand.

[Wilber]

What surprises me about the US election results is that Obama only received 53% of the popular vote. Why am I surprised?

1. With the MSM clearly favouring Obama, 53% is a low number.

2. McCain was a sacrificial lamb for the GOP. He had no chance from the get go.

3. McCain ran a terrible campaign.

4. With al of Obama's charisma, I predicted he would have received around 62% of the vote.

5. After GWB's disastous presidency, all momentum was in the Democrat's favour.

The United States is a nation divided.

I hope Obama does well. They only thing that scares me about Obama will be if he appoints FAR-Left judges to the Supreme court.

As opposed to Chretien never got more than 42% during his three majorities, but the US is a nation divided.

John Kennedy only got 51% of the popular vote.

[stignasty]

In 2000, George W. Bush had a popular vote of 47.9%. In 2004 he got 50.7%.

Ronald Reagan's 58.8% in 1984 scored him 95% of the electoral college votes.