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Al Gore got all of the electoral votes for the states he won, and George Bush got all the electoral votes for his states. The Electoral College did not dissent from the popular vote. Bush won (mainly) because Ralph Nader did to Gore what Perot did to Bush Sr.; he stole a portion of the traditional vote.
Remember the Green Party?
Further, as a statement of fact, a higher percentage of the democrat vote in the primaries is out of the hands of the voters due to a high number of super delegates, i.e. those who do not need to vote with the people. If you like Spence feel this is some kind of accident, and the Party is not trying to take power from you, fine. But to Larry's original question - if you're a democrat, this is why your vote doesn't mean as much as it should in the primaries.
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