I did a comparison with the vote total Bush received Tuesday and that of past presidents.
Bush got 16 million more votes than LBJ (1964), 36 million more votes than FDR (1932), and 57 million more votes than Lincoln (1860). There’s no popular vote total for the 1789 election, but if had been Bush undoubtedly would have received even more votes than George Washington.
Wow, George W. Bush is the most popular president ever!