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Originally Posted by Tha Q.
That 51 in that chart refers to the percentage he got from people who voted. Check the figures man...If you take Bush's percentage of the electoral votes he won, it equates to about 53%. On the other hand, if you take a percentage of the amount of people who voted for him of all the voters, it equals 51%.
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In the electoral votes, that's not popular polls. It states right on the chart that it's the electoral vote. Bush lost the popular polls, which once again isnt the electoral vote.
Electoral = The vote your state says it generally cast
Popular = the OPINONS of the people voting. For example, a popular vote could have say.. "6% Undecided", where as the electoral vote could not possibly have a vote for "Undecided" since that's not a candidate.
No president EVER won the electoral vote and lost the popular vote except Bush.
Twice.
They're not the same thing.