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In which type of US election is it possible for the winning candidate to get fewer popular votes than the opposing candidate?
Only in the federal elections for President of the United States can this occur, as the Electoral College vote outcome will supercede the popular vote's.
How can a candidate win the popular vote but lose the election?
A candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election if they receive more votes from the general public but fewer electoral votes from the Electoral College. The Electoral College system in the United States determines the winner of the presidential election based on the number of electoral votes each candidate receives, rather than the total number of popular votes nationwide.
Election of 2000?
This particular United States presidential election was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush, and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President. Bill Clinton, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266 (with one elector abstaining in the official tally). The election was noteworthy for a controversy over the awarding of Florida's 25 electoral votes, the subsequent recount process in that state, and the unusual event of the winning candidate having received fewer popular votes than the runner-up.
How has won the election with fewer votes?
Federally, the States choose the President with the Electoral College. Sometimes (usually) popular vote dictates how the members vote. Usually, if a State is even 51%:49% for a candidate, the candidate gets 100% of the vote. Thus, it has happened that the lesser popular over all vote was reflected in a greater Electoral College vote. (Huh?)
What will President Obama have in common with President Roosevelt?
President Obama won re-election with 332 electoral votes over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who had 206. He thus became the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win another term with fewer electoral votes than in a previous election. Obama received 365 electoral votes in 2008. Obama also became the first Democratic presidential candidate since FDR to win two elections with more than 50 percent of the vote.
A states presidential electors are chossen by?
The voters in the state. That's who we are actually voting for when we vote for President, since the Constitution does not allow for direct election of the President. When a candidate wins in a state, the electors who are pledged to that candidate are the ones sent to formally vote on who wins the election. In some states, the person with the most votes gets all the states electoral votes and in others the electoral votes are divided according to how many votes each candidate got. The are even variations on these two methods.This means that it is possible for one candidate to get the most overall votes in the country, but not be elected President because too many of votes he got were in states with too few electoral votes. This has happened twice in American history: 1876 when Hayes got fewer votes than Tilden, but won anyway, and in 2000 when HGore got more votes than Bush.
What president Taft differed from president roosevelt in foreign policy by?
fewer troops
Can you win a Presidential election with fewer electoral votes your opponent?
No.
President Taft differed from President Roosevelt in foreign policy by using?
fewer troops apex rhec
Who was the first woman candidate for presidency?
Belva Ann Lockwood was the first woman candidate for president whose name appeared on some official ballots. Victoria Woodhull ran earlier but was underage for the presidency at the time and so was even less serious as a candidate than Lockwood. She got fewer than 500 popular votes. Hillary Clinton was the first serious candidate in 2008.
How was President Taft different from Roosevelt in foreign policy?
Fewer troops.
What is most likely the reason why Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry lost the 2004 election to President George W. Bush?
Fewer people voted for him.
