Originally Posted by jkmccrann

In fact, after the election of 2000, the results were so close in the Electoral College - 271-267 (IIRC), if only a handful of people had have decided they didn't need to turn up (far less than the number of astronomers who apparently decided they had more important things to attend to - in real terms and % terms), then in fact Al Gore would have been elected President 6 years ago and (this is for you 777 Geek) - An Inconvenient Truth would never have seen the light of day!