John F. Kennedy won the Electoral College without a majority of the 
votes.  History records that JFK had 112,827 votes more than RMN, but 
since his name was not on the ballot in Alabama, the historical record 
is wrong.  Alabama had RMN on the ballot and his opponent was a slate 
composed of "unpledged Democrat electors."  There  were 11 electors in 
Alabama, 5 of which were loyal to JFK and actually voted for him; to 
other 6 electors voted for Virginia Senator Harry Byrd, not to be 
confused with the erstwhile Ku Klux Klan member, Sen. Robert Byrd D-
West Virginia.

Back in 1960 Alabama, the Democratic slate garnered 324,050 votes to 
RMN's 237,981.  History neglects to apportion the votes in Alabama 
properly, routinely giving all 324,050 votes to JFK (who was not even 
on the ballot.)

If you simply assign 5/11 of the 324,050 Alabama Democratic votes to 
JFK, you would reduce JFK's total votes by 176,755 votes, the number 
that would be assigned to 6/11 of the electors in Alabama who voted 
for Byrd.

This means that Richard M. Nixon got 58,181 more votes than John F. 
Kennedy did in 1960, but since Nixon had a lot more class than Algore, 
after he had resigned, he did not take back his resignation and run to 
the Illinois Supreme Court where all the shenanigans were occurring as 
entire cemeteries rose up and voted for JFK.

If it were not for the electoral college system, John F. Kennedy could 
still be alive today, as well as his brother Bobby.  We are not sure 
what they would think about their younger brother.

Denys

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
Behalf Of Mark Wonsil
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Iraqi elections

> Although didn't JFK lose the popular vote in 1960 (especially if you 
threw
> out Chicago)?  

Benjamin Harrison (1888) was the previous President to win in the 
Electoral
College but lose the popular vote.

Kennedy narrowly won in my home town with an unprecedented get out the 
(dead) vote program.

;-)

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