text: Now I know your probably yelling at this letter saying the disaster factor is the main problem with the electorial college but let me finish. there have only been two times that this has happened. "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes then bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888". If this has only happened twice then I think it is something that is fixable, but should not be the deciding factor that takes away the whole Electoral College system. The main reason we have this system is so there is a certainty of outcome and not just one score that is judged.