tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post5735012473448382924..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Some Thoughts on the 2016 Presidential ElectionHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-19434681695217337232017-03-18T03:50:35.258-04:002017-03-18T03:50:35.258-04:00Indeed, half will not do.
In 1836, the Virginia e...Indeed, half will not do.<br /><br />In 1836, the Virginia electors abstained in the vote for Vice President. They were Democrats, but refused to vote for Democrat nominee Richard M. Johnson, because Johnson had openly (and therefore scandalously) kept a black woman as his concubine and de facto wife. That left Johnson with 147 electoral votes, exactly half of the total of 294.<br /><br />Thus no candidate was elected by the Electoral College, and the election devolved on the Senate, which chose Johnson - the only time in U.S. history this procedure was ever followed.<br />Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-63101633112941270592017-03-06T14:49:02.663-05:002017-03-06T14:49:02.663-05:00If the point of the two vote bonus is to help the ...If the point of the two vote bonus is to help the Country Party versus the Court party, then apparently it succeeds.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-75459621571726242702017-03-06T08:13:13.349-05:002017-03-06T08:13:13.349-05:00Excellent summation.Excellent summation.Henry Barthnoreply@blogger.com