Some reflection on election

No big deal in this blog. I was just poking around poll sites and thought it would be interesting to revisit recent elections to see if my recollections were right. Here are my guesses in the form of questions. So, this is like a magazine quiz:

1. Who got the most popular votes since 1990? (Come on, in one election)

a. Bush 1,
b. Clinton,
c. Dole (right),
d. Kerry,
e. Bush 2
f. Gore


2. Who was the only candidate to get over 50% of the popular vote? [Hint - it was not a loser]

a. Bush 1,
b. Clinton,
c. Dole (right),
d. Kerry,
e. Bush 2
f. Gore


3. Rank who got the most popular vote (in one election): Gore, Kerry, Clinton?


4. When Clinton beat Bush 1, he got what percent of the popular vote?

a. 51.2
b. 48.3
c. 46.7
d. 44.6
e. 43.0


ANSWERS: 1. e, 2. e, 3. Kerry, Gore, Clinton, 4. 3

I should have looked up voter turn out for fun, but it this is getting too much like work. My gut tells me the turnout was higher in Kerry - Bush.

My database:

2004 Bush/Cheney 62,040,610 50.73; Kerry/Edwards 59,028,439 48.27

200o: 49,819,600 48; 50156783 48.2 (Gore)

1996 Clinton 47,400,125 49.2 DOle,Kemp 39,198755 40.7 Perot 8,085,402 8.4

1990 44,9009,806 43.0 Bush 39104550 37.4 Perot 19,743,821 18.9