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How can a president get more votes but still lose the election?
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∙ 13y ago
The poles we, as citizens, participate in are what's called the popular vote. Unfortunately, this does not have much effect on the end result. In order for a president to be elected, he/she needs the higher number of electoral votes, which are submitted by each state's senate members. (Or house of representatives, I don't remember the specifics... sorry) Generally, the popular vote mirrors the electoral vote because of that state's republican/democratic conditions, but exceptions are known to occur.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoWinning sufficient Electoral College votes.
A wise placement in our Constitution as demagogues could fool common people, but Electors are Constitutionally able to vote freely though they usually rubber stamp the popular vote. Though sometimes a large state with many electoral votes can overturn the popular vote with it's Electoral weight.
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∙ 6y agoIt is possible that a candidate could win the "national" popular vote total but lose the electoral vote total. However, the electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. A candidate could win the electoral votes in a large state such as California winning the state by a huge margin. However, the opposing candidate could win the electoral votes in other states because a majority of the voters in those states vote for the opposing candidate.
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Why did the republicans lose the presidential election?
President Obama won the election because the democrats had the most votes.
How many votes did Barack Obama lose by?
Obama won the election for President, in November 2008.
Is it possible for a presidential candidate to receive the majority of the popular votes in the US but still lose the election?
yes
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 do candidates lose votes?
Popularity goes down because of poor decisions. Or scandals... Next election = less votes.
How can the president lose lose his job before election time?
He/she can be impeached
US voters directly elect members of which branch of the federal government?
Voters directly elect their congressman and senators, who form the legislative branch. The person who wins the most votes in a state wins the election. Voters do not technically elect the president. The president is chosen by the electoral college. People vote in the presidential election and their votes are tallied by the states. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. If 51% of the people of Florida, then all of Florida's electoral college votes go for that person. At the end of election day, all the votes are tallied in each state, and the electoral college votes numbers are added up. Whoever wins the majority of the electoral college wins. This means that even if a candidate wins the majority of votes, as Al Gore did in 2000, he can still lose in the electoral college and lose the presidency.
Is it true that a candidate can get more popular votes overall yet lose the election for president?
Yes but it is unusual and has happened only four times in the history of the US, in 1824, 1876,1888 and 2000.
Who did Davy lose his election to?
he lost it to President Jackson :[
How can the president win the most popular votes but still lose the election?
There is this thing called the Electoral College that says that every state has a certain number of electoral votes. The person that gets the most regular votes in that state, gets ALL the electoral votes that the state has. The amount of electoral votes each state has is based on population; that's why California has 55 votes and Alaska has only 3, even though its much bigger when you compare land mass.
How many states can a candidate win and still lose the election?
When referring to the Electoral College and Presidential elections, a candidate can win by taking: California (55 electoral votes) Texas (28 electoral votes) Florida (29 electoral votes) New York (29 electoral votes) Illinois (20 electoral votes) Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) Ohio (18 electoral votes) Georgia (16 electoral votes) Michigan (16 electoral votes) New Jersey (15 electoral votes) Virginia (14 electoral votes) - a total of 11 states for 270 electoral votes which means a candidate can lose the other 39 states and District of Columbia and still win the election.
Could a president have won the election if he only won the states with 13 or less electoral votes?
No- I think. Unless I made a mistake, he would lose 265 to 273 even if he wins DC.
