The way I understand it, nothing like this has happened since 1888 (Rutherford B. Hayes) where the candidate with the Popular Vote may lose to the candidate who won the Electorial College. It's kind of disturbing to me, no mater who that may be. Be it Democrat or Republican or whatever, the people got out in record numbers (biggest in 20+ years) and the candidate who won the most votes from 'we, the people', may lose to the Electorial College. You have to remember (political science students) the the Electorial College came about a couple of hundred years ago, as sort of a compromise, because people back then didn't trust the new democracy. It was a way of keeping part of the British tradition (where Parliment decides who the 'leader' is going to be). It's antiquated, and should be abolished! I don't know if everyone realizes this ... but we all vote, and sometimes it doesn't mean anything. Our House of Representatives along with Congress get together on December 18 to 'really' decide who the Presisent is going to be ... and they don't have to vote along their party lines. If they decide that the candidate who has the most votes from the people should be president, they can do that. It's never been an issue before, and we are unaware of it, because the Popular Vote usually follows the Electorical College, and this is the first time in American history that there has ever been a race this close. It also bothers me that not one of the men running stood for anything. When it comes down to hundreds of votes, out of millions of people, on who is going to be our next President ... it just shows me how divided our country really is ... it's never happened like this before in American history ... there was alway one candidate that the majority of people could stand behind!