Surprising that he did so well then, relatively speaking. Did he end up the most popular loser ever, as the pollsters were suggesting, unseating Al Gore? Or did the final count overtake him?
What is that saying you Brits have: "better to vote on the devil you know than on the unkown..." Or something like that? Once in the voting booth many people choose the familiar yet unpopular, because they fear the new kid even more...