Statistically, Bush barely carried the South. Every race was too close to call and Flori duh was a few hundred votes of throwing the election to Gore in 2000. Even though Gore won the US popular vote by a few thousand votes.
Ohio was the deciding factor in 2004, again by a very slim statistical margin. Although Kerry did not win the popular vote it was still the subject of a recount in some precincts.
Why do you think that some people are pushing the abolition of the electoral college?
If every election can split the vote 50 - 50, with less than half of eligible voters participating in the election there is more opportunity for voter fraud to be the deciding factor.
Your comment has nothing to do with what I said.
Whether Bush carried the South by wide margins both times, or narrow margins both times, he carried it. That’s all that matters.
He won most states in the South easily both times, by the way.
As for the electoral college, I like it, and so did our founding fathers.