That would depend upon who and when you ask.
Trick Question. The answer is... Obama has never been in the running for the title of "most popular".
Yes I was.
The vote finished as follows! Candidates * McCain (R) * Obama (D) Popular Vote * McCain = 44,965,528 (48%) * Obama =48,412,381 (51%)
Obama: 65,899,660 (51%) Romney: 60,932,152 (47.2%)
Obama. McCain didn't run that year.
He was elected by popular vote.
Barack Obama won both the popular and the electoral vote in the 2012 election. The popular vote totals were Barack Obama: 65,899,660 (51%) and Mitt Romney: 60,932,152 (47.2%). In electoral votes, Mr. Obama had 332 and Mr. Romney had 206.
590+ people wanted Obama too win sorry McCainPresident Obama received 52.9% of the popular vote.
President Obama had 1,775,396 votes or 55.88% in Washington State. But if you are referring to Washington DC, the president received 267,070 votes, or 90% of the popular vote.
Barack Obama received the most popular votes in the 2012 election; his final totals were 65,899,660 (51%) to Romney's 60,932,152 (47%).
Obama received 66,760,924 votes which accounted for 52.7% of the popular vote. McCain received 58,279,894 votes which accounted for 46.0% of the popular vote. Obama received 8,481,030 more votes than McCain. This means Obama received about 14.5% more votes than McCain did.
Barack Obama won the popular vote and the electoral vote in the 2012 presidential election. 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.