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John, all that needs repeated is that Gore got half a million more votes OVERALL, even though he outdid Bush in the liberal mecca's of New York (by 1.7 mil) and California (by 1.2 mil).

Put in terms Joe Sixpack can understand, this is like the difference between the Rams winning by one point or by 50 points...If they win by 50, they just get the one win they were playing for, not an automatic trip to the Super Bowl.

Gore GOT the electoral votes from NY and California. He's not entitled to more than that. That his final popular vote total was only a half million more than Bush when he got two & three times that in two states just points out how much of a putz the other 48 states thought he was, INCLUDING HIS OWN HOME STATE!

Well put, I hadn't read the election posed that way.

Here is one of the sites that I have used to view the results of 2000:

2000 OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

Put in terms Joe Sixpack can understand, this is like the difference between the Rams winning by one point or by 50 points...If they win by 50, they just get the one win they were playing for, not an automatic trip to the Super Bowl.

Not to take away anything from your analogy and with all due respect I must point out the Rams didn't win the Super Bowl. As a long suffering Patriots (and Red Sox) fan I cannot give up my bragging rights to a Super Bowl Championship. Unless of course you are making a prediction for the next Super Bowl.