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Yes. That is one of the glaring weaknesses of 'first past the post'.
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Who was the last President to lose the popular vote and win an election?
barak obama was
What is disadvantage of presidential?
A disadvantage of the presidential election could be that the person with the most popular votes could lose the election because he or she had less electoral votes.
How many votes did Barack Obama lose by?
Obama won the election for President, in November 2008.
Will Barack Obama win the Presidential Election of 2012?
Yes , he will Mitt Romney will lose the Election
Will Barack Obama lose the election?
There were some pollsters and pundits who did claim that Mr. Obama would lose, but a few pollsters insisted that he was ahead, even though they agreed it was a close race. In the end, President Obama did not lose: he defeated Mitt Romney in both the popular and electoral vote, to win a second term as president.
Why did the republicans lose the presidential election?
President Obama won the election because the democrats had the most votes.
Whom will win the presedential election?
Mitt Romney will because he will win and Obama will lose>
What election did a candidate win the popular vote but lose the electoral college vote and therefore the election?
yey
Who was the latest candidate to win the popular vote but lose the election?
Al Gore in 2000
How many votes did he and Romney lose by?
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
Is it possible for a presidential candidate to receive the majority of the popular votes in the US but still lose the election?
yes
Did Eisenhower lose the re-election by the worst margin ever?
Eisenhower did not lose his re-election, he served two full terms. He actually had a record win with 58% popular vote and he won over 41 states.
