Two different sentences buddy , the first is talking about the Gustav . The second commenting on how the 1400 must be firing something the size of a commercial van . <| sep |> One could also argue that it happened in 1960 , depending on how you count the votes in Alabama . Short explanation in 1960 , in Alabama and several other states , you voted for electors , not presidential candidates directly . In Alabama in particular that year , there was a weird situation where due to primary weirdness , some of the Democratic electors said they were going to vote for Kennedy , and some refused to they eventually voted for Byrd . The controversy is how to count votes for Kennedy in Alabama do you say that Kennedy won votes equal to the highest Democratic elector who voted for him ? Or do you count a vote for a Kennedy elector as only 111 of a vote for Kennedy ? If you say the first , did Kennedy win 300 , 000 votes and Byrd also got 300 , 000 votes , when there were about 300 , 000 Democratic voters in Alabama ? If you say the second , Kennedy lost the national popular vote that year , because he wasn ' t completely on the Alabama ballot .