Kerry Favored by Geography?Sigh. Here's
another guy who thinks Kerry should have won.
Johnston also argued there is a built-in bias in the outcomes of U.S. elections.
By bias, he meant the difference in Electoral College votes between two candidates if they obtained the same share of the popular vote.
In 2004, Bush received 286 electoral votes with 51.084 percent of the popular vote. Kerry had 252 electoral votes, with 48 percent of the vote.
But if the percentage of the popular vote were equally split between the two candidates, to 49.542 percent, Kerry would have won the election, with 289 electoral votes, compared to 249 electoral votes for Bush.Lord only knows what he means by that. And Kerry did not end up with 252 electoral college votes--there was that goofy elector in Minnesota who ended up voting for Edwards, remember?