No, not at all. Such is what usually happens. Only four times has this not been the case.
President Obama won the electoral college, with 332 electoral votes, to his challenger Mitt Romney's 206 electoral votes. In the popular vote, Mr. Obama got 51% and Mr. Romney got 47.3%. The final popular vote totals are: Barack Obama, 65,367,939 and Mitt Romney 60,707,106.
Barack Obama received more votes for president. Obama received 69,456,897 votes, giving him 365 electoral votes, while John McCain received 59,934,814 votes for president, and 173 of 538 electoral votes.
In the 2008 election, Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote, while John McCain won 45.7%. The 2012 election was slightly closer, but President Obama received 51% of the popular vote, to his opponent Mitt Romney's 47%.
President Obama won the electoral college and the popular vote, earning a second term as president in the election of 2012.
In 2008, Senator Barack Obama became President of the United States because he won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Regarding the electoral college, Mr. Obama received 365 electoral votes to his challenger John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538).
For the 2008 Presidential Election, according to the Federal Election Commission: 69,456,897 (52.9%) for Obama, 59,934,814 (45.7%) for McCain, and 1,865,617 (1.4%) for other candidates.
In November 2012, President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his challenger, Mitt Romney, received 206.
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his opponent, Mitt Romney, received 206.
Returns for the 2012 presidential election showed President Obama was re-elected with 65,899,660 (51%); his challenger Mitt Romney received 60,932,152 (47.2%). President Obama got 332 electoral votes, while Romney trailed with 206.
Yes. Barack Obama was elected to a second term as the 44th U.S. president on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. In the electoral votes, President Obama received 62% of the votes: he got 332, while his opponent Mitt Romney received 206. In the popular vote, President Obama received 51% to his opponent's 47%. And in the popular vote totals, President Obama received 62,611,250 while Mitt Romney received 59,134,475.
In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes.