Bill Clinton: “Not much. The 379 electoral votes was an enormous consolation prize. [Laughter] And after all, in many of the States…”

“Not much. The 379 electoral votes was an enormous consolation prize. [Laughter] And after all, in many of the States that were battleground States, including two that were especially important to me, there were four candidates on the ballot that got substantial numbers of votes, in California and Oregon particularly. And I made a decision the last week that I wanted to go to some of the smaller States where we had some elections in play. And my advisers said, ``Now, if you do this, it will cost you a couple of points on your popular margin.'' I said, ``You know, it's the right thing to do, we ought to go out there.'' People were asking me to come and campaign, they thought it would make a difference, and I agreed to do it. I don't have any regret at all. I never met a person in public life that didn't wish that he or she had gotten all the votes. So would I have liked a few more? Of course. But I'm very gratified by what happened. Yes, go ahead. Australia and New Zealand”