"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...

NOYB wrote:
"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
No, the Democrats chose the candidate that pulled in by far the most
votes during the primaries.


NOYB wrote:
That Dem candidate also got more votes in the November election than
any
other Democrat in history. But they got beat by a Republican
candidate
who got more votes than *any* President ever.


Then why does Calif Bill (and so many other Republicans) regret it now?

Are you sure about this? My understanding is that voter turn out was
very
low.

Turn out was high. Bush got more votes (61 or 62 million) than any
President in history. Kerry also got more votes than any President in
history...but still lost by 3 million votes.

Turnout was high in that respect because there are more people of
voting age in the U.S. than ever before.


Turnout was higher in 2004 (55.3%) than at any other time since 1968
(60.8%). The highest turnout in the last 5 decades was 1960 (63.1%). Of
course, in 1960 a lot of dead Democrats from Chicago managed to climb out of
their graves and vote for Kennedy.



http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html