The popular vote in each state wins the candidate that states electoral votes and the candidate with the most electoral votes wins. He does not have to have a plurality of votes to do so, only the majority of electoral ones.



>I see, but I believe that he did not win the popular vote in the entire U.S....of course that has happened in the past...
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>>There was a complete recount commissioned by one of the big newspapers (sorry but I don't remember which one) that held that Bush won the popular vote in FL, making him the duly elected President. You may be able to find the reference by googling on recount in florida.
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>>>He survived every recount that was done but they stopped the recounts. Some recounts were later performed in some counties. It would be interesting to see a recount of ALL votes cast in Florida not just selected counties. Of course it would be interesting to see a manual recount of all votes cast in all states for that matter. I believe the margin of error is greater than reported but then it has been that way through time so in essence it was as fair as all past elections and in that sense he was duly elected...
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>>>>Balderdash.... Bush survived everyone of the recounts, but that little fact is quickly forgotten....
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>>>>>Actually, he was elected. Not by the citizens but by the Supreme Court... and a new government was created in the process...
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>>>>>>>"...In any case, even if I accept that our government is not a democracy, it works through democractically elected representatives. We do elect our republic in mass, directly, and therefore, democractically....."
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>>>>>>Yeah unless you cheat like emperor Bush.