A fairly won election.
President George W. Bush.
Jackson actually won the popular vote -- you are thinking of John Q. Adams who won the presidency in 1824 when Jackson won the plurality of the popular vote. Others who won the presidency but lost the popular vote were Hayes in 1876 and George Bush in 2000, and probably John Kennedy in 1960.
It is believed the George H.W. Bush won the election to continue the policies of Ronald Reagan. His popularity was solidified by his Vice Presidency under Reagan.
Presidency of George W. Bush was born on 1946-07-06.
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore won the popular vote, but he did not win the presidency because George W. Bush won the electoral vote.
Bill Clinton was the Democratic candidate in 1992 and won the election by defeating the incumbent George H.W. Bush.
They were all Vice-Presidents of the United States. George Bush was Veep under Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989 and eventually won the presidency and served from 1989-1993. Dan Quayle served as Veep under George Bush from 1989-1993. He ran for and lost the presidency in 2000. Al Gore was Veep under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001 and the 2 beat Bush and Quayle in the 1993 Election. Gore ran for the presidency in 2000 and narrowly lost by a few hundred votes in Florida but won the Popular Vote.
For the same reasons many other people at the time of his presidency hated Bush. Do an Internet search for Bush's presidency and you'll see many instances of how he was perceived as a horrible president.
Presidency of George W. Bush was created in 2001.
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During Bill Clinton's presidency, oil and petrol prices fell. The prices only started to rise during George Bush's presidency. The war and instability in Iraq caused tensions and an increase in fuel prices during Bush presidency.