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[–] ShinyVoater ago 

The electors are bound to their states' popular vote(though a state or two is less winner-take-all); the reason Dubya could win with a smaller portion of the popular vote is that, once they reach 50%+1, the number of voters someone takes a state with is irrelevant(so if candidate X were to get 100% of the vote in every state he won, but candidate Y only got barely enough in his states, the numbers could be all out of proportion).