It is becoming increasingly evident that a distinct possibility exists for George Bush to become America’s first ever two-term President to have not even claimed a plurality of a popular vote. Karl Rove and company seem to have engineered a plan that manipulates the Electoral College to the nth possible degree, ignoring red and blue states while emphasizing “swing states.”
The result has been that blue states are becoming even bluer – Kerry’s popularity in friendly territory cannot be underestimated – while red states loiter at just over even and the swing states hang in the balance. This presents the likely scenario of a Bush win with even only 46% of the popular vote.
What would such a win do to the Commander in Chief’s legitimacy? What would it do to the Electoral College? And, perhaps most interestingly, what would it do to voter turnout next time around?
