a perfect tie

if the above results were to occur in the general election for president of the united states in 2008, barack obama and john mccain would have a perfect tie of 269 electoral votes each. it is possible. that would be quite funny if it were to happen. maybe we could finally get rid of this stupid electoral college system and replace it with nationwide popular vote if a fiasco like that happened. such a scenario is unlikely, however... barack obama will probably defeat john mccain by a huge margin. and i am very glad that barack obama is the likely winner. but still, we can never be too sure what will happen. i am just suggesting this possibility to point out that the electoral college system is really really dumb and outdated and needs to be replaced, as well as to warn people that this really could happen. what would the results of a tie be? who knows...