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In the 2000 elections which vote got bush in office the overall popular vote or the electoral college vote?
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The US Supreme Court appointed Bush president following following election disputes in Florida. Popular vote does not affect the outcome of election. Although popular and electoral vote almost always reflect the same outcome, sometimes, 3 times in US history, they deviate. Bush did not win the popular vote, but due to the narrow victory in Florida decided by the Supreme Court, he still won the election. This is possible due to each state having different amounts of electoral votes. Say that Gore received all of the votes in California and Bush got none, compared to if Gore won by only one vote in California. Gore would still get all 55 electoral votes from California regardless of how close Bush was. In 2000 Gore won most of his states by large margins, and lost most states narrowly. Thus in the end he received more total votes, but Bush won since he still got all the electoral votes from the states he won.
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In the Grant elections which vote got Grant in office the overall popular vote or the electoral college vote?
popular vote
How can Obama be president?
Well, he won the popular vote AND the electoral collage which is a big plus as we have learned you only really need one of the two in American elections which upsets some people. When the popular vote and the electoral college differ the winner of the electoral college gets the office.
What 20th century elections were decided by electoral college?
Some notable 20th century elections that were ultimately decided by the electoral college include the 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, where Kennedy won by a small margin in the electoral college despite a close popular vote, and the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, which resulted in a controversial Supreme Court ruling and Bush winning the electoral college despite losing the popular vote.
Who is responsible for the elections of the president?
The election of the president is determined by a popular vote and by the electoral college. The presidential candidate needs a majority of electoral votes to win, and the electoral votes usually coincide with the popular vote (with the exception of the election of George W Bush in 2000)
What are 4 presidential elections when the electoral college did not win?
It seems you are asking for 4 presidential elections in which the candidate who won the popular vote did not win the electoral college. Here are four such examples: 1824: Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to John Quincy Adams. 1876: Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to Rutherford B. Hayes. 1888: Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to Benjamin Harrison. 2000: Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to George W. Bush.
When has the electoral college decided a presidential election?
The electoral college has decided the outcome of several presidential elections in US history. Some notable examples include the elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. In these cases, the candidate who won the majority of the electoral college votes became the president, despite not winning the popular vote.
How have the political parties changed the electoral college?
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
What were the reasons the electoral college was made?
In 1789 when the constitution was written there was no popular election of the president. It was all done by Congress. The electoral college is a method to control the election and not only have the popularity of a candidate win. We have lost the reasoning behind this in the modern history of elections.
How have party conventions and time changed this original role of the Electoral College?
The parties have converted the electoral college, the group that makes the formal selection of the nation's president, from what the framers intended into a "rubber stamp" for each state's popular vote in presidential elections.
How does the electoral college impact elections?
The electoral college elects the president and vice-president of the US. The electors are elected by popular vote and declare in advance how they will vote if they are elected, so the people choose electors who will vote the way they would vote if they were electors.
Why do some people object to the electoral college systems role in Presidential elections?
Because by popular vote one guy be ahead and seem to be our next president yet the electoral college votes by state would allow another guy to be elected president.
What are the key dates of the electoral college?
There are no key dates. The electoral college votes after the popular vote.
