EVERY VOTE COUNTS!


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EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

  1. In 2007, 3 votes gave Janet Nguyen the seat of Orange County 1st District Supervisor[1];
  2. In 2000, 537 votes (0.00901%) sentGeorge W. Bush to the Oval Office over Al Gore[2];
  3. In 2008, 312 votes (0.0108%) madeAl Franken a U.S. Senate from Minnesota[3];
  4. In 2004, 133 votes (0.00473%) made Christine Gregorie the governor of Washington[3];
  5. In 1839, 2 votes (0.00195%) madeMarcus Morton the governor of Massachusetts[3];
  6. In 1984, 4 votes (0.00171%) electedFrank McCloskey as the House Representative of Indiana’s 8th congressional district[3];
  7. In 2006, 2 votes (0.020846%) helped Todd Thomsen beat Darrel Nemecek for the Oklahoma House of Representatives seat in its 25th district;
  8. In  1974, 2 votes (0.00090%) caused Louis Wyman beat John A Durkin after several recounts;
  9. In 1645, 1 vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England[4];
  10. In 1649, 1 vote caused Charles I of England to be executed[4];
  11. In 1776, 1 vote gave America the English language instead of German[4];
  12. In 1839, 1 vote elected Marcus Morton as the Governor of Massachusetts[4];
  13. In 1876, 1 vote saved President Johnson from being removed from office[4];
  14. In 1876, 1 vote changedFrance from a monarchy to a republic[4];
  15. In 1923, 1 vote gave Adolph Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party[4];

Reference:

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Nguyen 

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000#Votes_by_state

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_close_election_results

[4] Excerpt of a book page posted on California SD10 candidate Peter Kuo’s WeChat moment (see below)