Totals

Just a quick note - can everyone who claims that Bush has a mandate because he had the most popular votes of any Presidential candidate ever, please also note at the same time that John Kerry got the second largest total of all time? If the number of votes received is more important than the share in determining the hypothetical 'mandate' then Kerry has a greater mandate than Reagan in 1984. Though maybe we'll have to wait for the USC for him to exercise that mandate.