We start off class by going over our maps. Now we are discussing the shooting down of a drone by Israel. We are also talking about Hugo Chavez, who has been re-elected as president of Venezuala. He is known for disliking America and making deregatory comments toward America. Now we are talking about the post debates poll. It shows that Romney and Obama are nearly tied. Now we are doing our blog discussion of the electoral college. In 1824 John Quincy Adams lost popular vote by 44,804 votes. In this election four different people won electoral votes. Even though Andrew Jackson had the majority of electoral votes, he did not have enough to win. The House of Representatives voted Adams the winner. In 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes lost popular vote by nearly 265,000 votes but beat out Samuel J. Tilden. Compromise of 1877-accept Hayes as president if Republicans stopped reconstruction. In 1888 Bejamin Harrrison lost by 95,713 votes to Grover Cleveland. George W. Bush being elected by a small margin over Al Gore, who won the popular vote.
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