Take a history class and review what is the resulting factor in Presidential elections. The accurate statement for you to make is that Pres. Bush did not win the popular vote. Gore did. Bush won the electoral vote which is the deciding factor in US presidential elections. It was the third time in our history as a nation that the election has been decided in such a manner. Had the situation been reversed and Bush won the popular and Gore the electoral, Gore would be president and rightfully so.