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Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4%), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 1,865,908 (39.8%), Breckinridge 848,019 (18.1%), Bell 590,901 (12.6%), and Douglas 1,380,202 (29.5%).
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Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
How the president get elected?
by popular and electoral college votes.
Does the president win by electoral college or the popular vote?
Presidents are elected by electoral votes.
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.
How might a presidential election winner lose the popular vote?
Presidents of the US are elected by the electoral college, they are not elected directly by the public. The public (in effect) elects the electors who form the electoral college. It has happened on several occasions that the winner of the popular vote was not the winner in the electoral college.
What does the electoral college have to do with the newly elected president?
Absolutly Nothing He Won The Popular Vote Also
What month when presidents are elected?
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Presidents are elected in December. The votes for president and vice president cast by the public in the November election elect members to the electoral college, and it is the electoral college that elects the President.
How many presidents have been elected unanimously?
No US president was elected unanimously by popular vote. The only president elected unanimously by the electoral college was George Washington (There was no popular vote in this election).
When were presidents elected by both popular citizen vote and the electoral college?
Presidents were never elected by popular vote. They have always be elected by the electors from each state who cast their electoral votes. What has changed is the way that the electors are selected. Nowadays they are chosen by popular vote, but at first the state legislatures would choose them.
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.
What was created to officially elect the president?
You may be referring to the oath of office. But the electoral college is what officially elects the president. A presidential candidate may win the popular vote, but without enough electoral votes, he (or one day, she) will not be officially elected.
What branch is elected by the electoral college?
The executive branch is elected by the electoral college. The states send representatives to the electoral college. Whichever candidate had the most votes is the one that the candidate votes for.
