Actually, it's more than Gore got, if the 67.4% figure is right. The media exit polls are showing a 55% figure, which is a lot worse than Gore. I don't know which one is right. I'm just posting this because a lot of people are aware of the media exit polls but not of this exit poll, which contradicts it.
Given that the media exit polls were way off on calling the election, we should not be treating them as gospel truth.
But why would the figueres of this Institute be reliable. There is no evidence, is there, of any basis for their figure which is more reliable, and the impression one gets, without knowing too much about them, is that truth as we know it is a gringo concept that they can't be bothered with. One reason I am dubious about what this Institute says is that I don't see how Bush can have won as he did in the actual count if the 45% figure is not accurate.