# Why did Arnold win ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-arnold-win/206345>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 8, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-arnold-win/206345 "2003-10-08T19:37:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-arnold-win/206345/41 "2003-10-10T19:40:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by grump \*  
> Davis had to get \>50% of the vote to win - not an easy task. Arnold won with less than 50% of the total votes.

No, Davis didn’t have to get **any** votes, which is appropriate since there was no way he **could** get any votes.

DrDeth

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> The “Governator” got about 2,080,000 votes. Davis got around 2,711,000 votes to keep him in.

No, Davis didn’t get any votes, because he was not a candidate.

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> Assuming the same dudes & dudettes vote the same way in a recall election asking Arnie to be recalled, and Davis to be elected- Davis would win.

That assumption would not be correct.

scr4

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> So the number of “No” votes represent people who prefer Davis over all other 135 candidates.

No, it doesn’t. It represents those who were opposed to the recall.

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