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One historical example of an individual winning the popular vote and losing the electoral vote?
Four Presidents won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. They were Andrew Jackson, Samuel J. Tilden, Grover Cleveland and Al Gore.
Was bush trying to win electoral or popular vote?
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
How many times has the winner of the electoral vote not won the popular vote?
This has happened three times. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but Rutherford Hayes won the electoral majority by one vote. In 1888 Grover Cleveland lost in electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison even though he carred the popular vote. In 2000, Al Gore lost to George W. Bush but won the popular vote. ( In 1824, Andrew Jackson won both the popular vote and the electoral vote, but did not get the required majority of electoral vote and so in accordance with the law, the House of Representatives chose the president and they chose John Quincy Adams. )
Is Rutherford B. Hayes a president that lost the popular but won the election?
Four presidents won the electoral vote while losing the popular vote: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and George W. Bush.
Has anyone ever won the popular vote but not the electoral vote?
Al Gore
Has a reelected president even lost the popular vote?
George W. Bush won in 2000 and lost the popular vote. He was re-elected in 2004 but when he was re-elected he won the popular votes as well as the electoral vote. (The other three Presidents who lost the popular vote, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes and Benjamin Harrison , were not re-elected .)
Was there a president who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote?
No, not exactly.The only way a President could lose the electoral vote would be if nobody got a majority and so the House of Representatives chose him over the popular vote winner. This could possibly happen but has not yet happened. Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the popular vote in 1824 but was not made president by the House. He did become a president by winning the electoral vote in 1828.Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote in 1888, He was president because he won the electoral vote in 1884 and again in 1892. He was not elected in 1888.Samuel Tilden in 1876 and Al Gore in 2000 won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote but neither was ever President.
What three presidents' closest apponents had more popular votes yet they won?
There are actually four American Presidents to have won the electoral college votes, but lost the popular vote. They are John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and George W. Bush.
What individual won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote in the 2000 election?
Al Gore
Who won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential eletion?
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.
Was Benjamin Harrison elected president by the House of Representatives?
No. Although he lost the popular vote, he won in the electoral vote. He was elected by the electoral college.
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.
