"Newps" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

Now that it appears that George Bush has been re-elected with a true
majority of the popular vote (the first president to do so in 16 years),


Jimmuh Carter was the last one to get more than 50%.


George H. W. Bush received 53.4% of the popular vote in 1988. Jimmy Carter
received 50.1% of the popular vote in 1976.