During the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore received 50,999,897 votes, George W. Bush received 50,456,002 votes, and Ralph Nader received 2,882,955 votes.
Why did Bush win the election?

a. Bush won the popular vote in more states than Gore.

b. Bush won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

c. Nader won enough votes in the Electoral College to tip the election to Bush.

d. Gore was popular with the voters but not with the party elites in the Electoral College.