The winner.

Subject: The winner. Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:15 pm

The winner of the elections is the person who has gotten the most votes?
Or is there an other rule?

Mr. Obama is Senator, what's a Senator doing?
Do you have to be a senator to be a candidate for the presidentship?
Is the new president taking new ministers for the government?

What is going to happen with the loser of the elections?

Subject: Re: The winner. Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:22 am

A Senator is in one portion of Congress where there are 2 per state. The House of Representatives is the other part and that is based upon population of the state. There are 435 total of them.

Any US-born citizen can run for president.

McCain will likely remain a Senator. He has 2 more years on his current term.

It's the most votes of the "electoral college", not the actual number of people. Each state is worth a certain number of votes, based on population like the House of Reps. If a candidate wins the popular (people's) vote in a state, they get all the electoral votes for that state, not just the percentage of the popular vote. Thus, it's possible to win the overall popular vote but not win. It's happened 4 times, the last time was in 2004. It's pretty complicated but back when we were founded it made more sense to do it this way.

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Subject: Re: The winner. Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:54 am

With the votes mostly counted, Obama has won both the popular and electorial votes by a landslide.

All I can say is this: It was nice knowing you, America.

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Subject: Re: The winner. Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:39 pm

Again some questions.

What's the American Dream?
What's the difference between the Congress and The House of Representatives?
The Senator's are only in the Congress?
Does that mean that big states like Texas and California have more members in The House of Representatives than a smaller state like Delaware?

Subject: Re: The winner. Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:08 pm

rockerVu2 wrote:: What's the American Dream?

A wife, 2 kids, house with a white picket fence with a dog in the yard. Basically, being able to have a comfortable life.

Quote :: What's the difference between the Congress and The House of Representatives?
The Senator's are only in the Congress?

Congress is made up of the Senate and House of Reps.

Quote :: Does that mean that big states like Texas and California have more members in The House of Representatives than a smaller state like Delaware?

Yes, but they all have the same number of Senators (2), including the District of Columbia.

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Subject: Re: The winner. Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:38 pm

topshot rhit wrote:: Does that mean that big states like Texas and California have more members in The House of Representatives than a smaller state like Delaware?

Yes, but they all have the same number of Senators (2), including the District of Columbia.

And that explains why a presidential candidate can win NY, FL, TX, PA, OH and CA and have nearly enough electoral votes to win the white house. Kinda sucks, huh?

Subject: Re: The winner. Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:40 am

The American Dream = pipe dream.

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