He (meaning President Bush) got 50.01% of the vote. ~ milo

The Electoral college result gave Dubya (meaning President Bush) 50.4655493482309% of the EC votes, so you're 0 for 2 in the matter of factual accuracy ~ sjm


In our Republic ,sjm, territory has rights, and popular vote counts are for quiz shows and crossword puzzles.
And for the good of the Republic for which I stand, sjm, I underestimated President Bush's victory margin intentionally, because I did not wish for those loyal Gore supporters, who at heart are really not a bad lot, not to think that it wasn't close. -