No I do not need to be reminded...and it is immaterial...if candidate Gore received more votes than Bush...as our Presidential election is not decided by popular vote...it is decided by electorial votes and that is the history of our system.

Yes, but the response was to the statement that if Americans aren't happy with their administration they would be replaced in November. That's not a very stable statement given the flukes in the electoral college as seen in 2000. The way it is set up for many it is more a matter of keeping a particular state red or blue, not what candidates are running. That is how you can elect a person with a half-million fewer votes than his opponent.

OMG :eek7

While it is somewhat of a fluke that a President was elected while not receiving the popular vote there was not a fluke with the electorial college itself...it worked as it was designed to work. What would be a fluke with the electorial college would be if a candidate received the popular vote within a state and the electorial votes went to the other candidate. President Bush won the required number of electorial votes...thus he was elected President. This time around will be the same. One of the two canditates will become President based upon the electorial vote...and I will not be surprised to see the same outcome as the last election.