Saying that W got the most popular vote in history is like saying the Yankees have won the most World Series. Think about it, there are more voters now than back in olden days when there were less people or less people able to vote (by one law or another). For the Yankees, they have that advantage not just because they have been good (to prevent flames
) but because they have been around since there was like only 8 teams.
The true measure would be number of voters divided by eligible voters. A sheer count, while impressive, doesn't tell the whole story. (I don't know what the outcome of the calculation would show, but I"m just pointing out that the press/media always comes up with some interesting, but semi-meaningless statistic.
cegerer: I hear ya on the one issue voters. For some people it pro-choice, some it's gay marriage, or taxes. It's a real shame that people vote that way, but boy aren't they ever targeted in that manner.