It was 1876, and Florida's votes were the final ones decided, giving the election to Rutherford B. Hayes over Samuel J. Tilden, by one electoral vote. The latter was ahead by 3% in the popular vote. The bottom line on that commission was that Hayes agreed to end reconstruction, which he did.
In 1824, Andrew Jackson led in both the electoral and popular votes, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Crawford (forget first name) all got electoral votes denying him a majority. It went to the House of Reps where Clay threw his support to Adams who won. Jackson got his revenge four years later. That election followed the "Era of Good Feelings"election of 1820 after the Federalists had collapsed and James Monroe won without opposition. Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Marco Anglesio <mpa at the-wire.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:16 AM Subject: Life, thy name is irony (was: Re: Lonely on LBO)
>On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Chuck Grimes wrote:
>> Breathless. Meanwhile the popular west coast votes are stacking
>> up as a Gore popular lead of fifty thousand. So, we are set up with an
>> electorial college going one way and the popular vote the other.
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>I think that this was the Gore strategy two short days ago. :)
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>NBC has an analyst onscreen who thinks that the assignment of electoral
>college votes in Florida will be thrown into confusion and delay with the
>introduction of legal proceedings. I tend to agree - even if Gore isn't
>personally inclined to call in the lawyers, there will be considerable
>political pressure to do so.
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>If I recall correctly, weren't the votes of two states in the 1824(?)
>election decided by a commission after the final vote was disputed, and
>those states were vital to the eventual winner? Or do I recall
>incorrectly?
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>Finally, even if Bush is assigned the 25 electoral votes from Florida, I
>suspect that there will be considerable pressure, both political and
>personal, on the existing electors to turn coat on their parties and vote
>for Gore in the electoral college. I wouldn't doubt that that would occur
>as well. Perhaps, in fact, it is for the best if they were faithless.
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>(Admittedly, I'd probably be singing a different tune if the roles were
>reversed. However, I'm fine with being a hypocrite.)
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>Cheers,
>
>Marco
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