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Something I'd never realized before today is that JFK beat Nixon by only 102k in the popular vote.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 11 '11, 09:42

From the way the debates have always been discussed, I would have thought JFK won by many million votes.

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ignorance is bliss - cupixie Feb 11, 10:01 1
- Yes, nothing has happened in the past decade to take my focus away from that incidental discussion to a much larger historical event. - David Feb 11, 10:03
I honestly believe that Nixon thought that was stolen from him, and it contributed to his paranoia which led to Watergate -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 09:51 1
- this makes a lot of sense. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 09:52
OTOH, as is often implied, even if Mayor Daley stole IL for him with his army of zombies, it wouldn't have changed the result. -- nm - Reagen Feb 11, 09:46
that's often given as an example of why the electoral college screws things up. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 09:43 1
- er, I mean, the electoral system. you know what I mean. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 09:43

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