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Originally Posted by Z06 Rocket
That's not exactly true. He had more electoral votes but NOT the majority of the popular vote. More american citizens voted for McCain than Obama, but the electoral college felt they knew better than we did and put him into power. McCain had more votes and more states and more square miles of votes in his favor. The liberal states (smaller ones but with more electoral votes) were the only ones who took Obama.
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I believe you're misinformed. Obama won both the Electorial vote and popular vote. Obama took the larger states with the most people and the most Electorial votes. The Electorial College is the only thing that keeps New York, California, Illinois and such from determining every Presidential election. If it were not for the Electoria College, states like Georgia, SC, NC, Idaho, etc. would have virtually no voice in the process of picking a President. Just because there's way too many people who depend on government living in NY and California, I don't want them to always pick the President.