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"Michael Bode" <m.g.bode@web.de> wrote in message
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> Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
>
> > Yes, that's pretty much why we don't care when the rest of the
> > world complains about the actions of our elected president.
>
> But doesn't the term 'election' usually imply that the guy with the
> most votes wins?

The guy with the most votes did win.
In the US presidential election direct votes of the populace
actually elect electors for the Electoral College. The sole
job of the Electoral College is to elect the president. Each state
gets as many votes as the number of Congressional represenatatives
for that state. In effect, the president is elected by the States.

This is how Bill Clinton could claim a victory two times without
ever getting over 45% of the popular vote. He got the vast
majority of Electoral College votes.

Jim Rogers