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02-15-2011, 02:34 AM

In 2000 Bush got 47.87% of the popular vote. 50.5 million votes

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0876793.html

In 2000 the voter turnout was 51.3% of American eligible to vote.

National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections: 1960–2008 — Infoplease.com

So we can only show that 24% or so of people eligible to vote actually voted for Bush. That's not a majority or more than half, no matter how you cut it.
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