text: To cemmence with , electoral votes usually doesn't change anything , if a candidate has the most popular votes it is more likely that electoral votes won't change anything . Although electoral votes did change the race during the 2000 election . Gore had more popular votes against Bush , yet Bush had more electoral votes . That situation had not happened since the election of 1888 . In the past 200 years , only twice has electoral votes changed the peoples mind . Some still disagree because this means that the people aren't voting for a president , thy are voting for a slate of electors .