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.
So, yes, Trump will probably set a new record for total votes. But he'll also probably end up as the highest-vote-getting candidate with the lowest percentage of the vote since 1968. That year, the top vote-getter only got about 38 percent of all of the votes cast â thanks to winning his home state of California.