A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
George W.Bush,the 2000 republican presidential candidate won the presidential election of 2000.
If a candidate does not receive 270 electoral votes in the presidential election, the decision goes to the House of Representatives to choose the president from the top three candidates with the most electoral votes.
If neither candidate receives 270 electoral votes in the presidential election, the decision goes to the House of Representatives. They will then vote to choose the president from the top three candidates with the most electoral votes.
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If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes in the presidential election, the decision is then made by the House of Representatives, with each state delegation having one vote to determine the next president.
If no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes in the United States election, the decision goes to the House of Representatives, where they will vote to choose the next president from the top three candidates with the most electoral votes.
Democratic Party candidate John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
If no candidate receives 270 electoral votes in a presidential election, the decision goes to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation gets one vote to choose the president from the top three candidates.
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
520 by Richard Nixon in 1972