"Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore"

George Galloway's quote is a referral to the 2000 United States presidential election, in which Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote to George W. Bush. The quote recommends that if only the votes that had the ability to make it through the numerous legal and administrative hurdles in order to be cast were counted, then Al Gore would have been the rightful winner of the election. This quote is a criticism of the electoral college system, which enables a candidate to win the election regardless of losing the popular vote. It also implies that the election was not carried out fairly, as some votes were not counted due to administrative problems. George Galloway's quote is a pointer that the electoral college system can be flawed which the popular vote should be the deciding consider a presidential election.