Dear Bret and Karl

During the marathon election night coverage a statement qualifying Barack Obama’s reelection victory was repeatedly mentioned on FOX News. Anchor Bret Baier characterized Obama as the “First president ever to be reelected with fewer electoral votes than the first time.” FOX contributor Karl Rove later added: “This is the first president ever elected to a second term with a smaller percentage of the vote and a smaller vote in the electoral college the second time around.” For the record, Democrat Woodrow Wilson’s electoral vote tally dropped much more than Obama’s, falling from 435 in 1912 to 277 in a narrow victory over Charles Hughes in 1916.