In the United States, chipped beef on toast is commonly served to servicemembers of the United States Armed Forces. It was thus considered emblematic of the military experience, much as pea soup is in Finland or Sweden.hipped beef on toast (S.O.S.) is the title of a book of military humor. In his World War II book Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose evokes the military basics: At the end of May, the men of Easy packed up their barracks bags and â¦ [took] a stop-and-go train ride to Sturgis, Kentucky.
If we include Florida, Obama appears to have won 332 electoral votes to Romneyâs 206. In the popular vote, the latest numbers suggest an Obama victory of 50.4 percent to Romneyâs 48.1. This is not recount territory. Measured by the standards of the 20th century, though, it reflects a genuinely tight race.
Lincoln's margin of victory in the popular vote was a fairly high 10.13% and he received approximately 474,049 more votes than his leading competitor, John Breckinridge. In terms of electoral votes, Lincoln won with 180 out of 303 votes, or 59.41%. Popular vote: 1  Abraham Lincoln: 1,855,993 people (39.65%).