Based on your reading of the following, choose the best answer. In the presidential election of 2000, George W. Bush had fewer popular votes than his challenger, Al Gore. However, Bush won the election because he held 271 electoral votes, while Gore had only 266 votes. But Gore won 540,000 more popular votes than did Bush. Why do people say that they object to the Electoral College as a method of choosing the next president? (Select all that apply.) It is undemocratic to indirectly elect the president through the Electoral College’s "representatives" The system of the Electoral College gives states with higher populations disproportionate influence in the election The Electoral College weakens the democratic process by overriding the popular vote The Electoral College merely adds another layer of costly voting to the electoral process.