Unsought Input

Exhibit A: Two horrendous impersonators mock the people who we expect to be the leaders of our country. Apparently the office of the president has no respect anymore (thank you George W. Bush) and is now just a joke. Pretty much everyone feels that they are better than the candidates. Since both Barrack and Hillary were beaten by the big Samoan guy does that mean that he is the democratic candidate? I sure hope so I am not looking forward to more months of speculation and polling. He could probably kick John McCain’s ass well so the Democrats would have a lock come November.

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270 is the number of electoral college votes needed to win the president of the United States. Even though most people think that the presidential election is a popular vote it is in fact an electoral college. Simply put each state, based on its population, has a certain number of electors who cast their vote for president. The number of electors is the number of senators plus the number of representatives. So every state has a minimum of two electoral votes. These electors meet to cast their votes for president 41 days after the popular election.

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