Mandate My Ass! Part II

If you accept the election results as legitimate and not the result of vote fraud; Bush got 51% of the popular vote and 53% of the electoral vote.
Fifty-one per cent is a majority, not a mandate!

PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS (270 Electoral Votes Needed to Win)

.	Electoral Votes	Popular Votes	% Popular Votes
Bush (R)	286	58,978,616	51
Kerry (D)	252	55,384,497	48

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Here's a little historical perspective on the make up of the House of Rep's. Notice that in the 107th Congress Republicans held 50.8% of the seats. Now it looks like they may have push their majority to 53%.
Far from a mandate to rewrite the laws of the land!

76th Congress (1939-1941)
Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 2 Resident Commissioners
Party Divisions: 262 Democrats, 169 Republicans, 2 Progressives, 1 American-Labor, 1 Farmer-Labor

88th Congress (1963-1965)
Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 1 Resident Commissioner
Party Divisions: 259 Democrats, 176 Republicans

97th Congress (1981-1983)
Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 4 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
Party Divisions: 242 Democrats, 192 Republicans, 1 Independent

107th Congress (2001-2003)
Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 4 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
Party Divisions: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Independents