H. Ross Perot received 19% of the popular votes for President in 1992. William Clinton won the 1992 presidential election defeating incumbent President George Bush and independent candidate H. Ross Perot. In the 1992 presidential election William Clinton received 370 electoral votes and George Bush received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 44,908,254 and Bush 39,102,343. Independent candidate H. Ross Perot received 19,741,065 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes although he did finish second in the state of Utah - behind Bush and ahead of Clinton. There has been speculation Clinton issued the executive order banning the mining of low-sulfur coal in Utah on federal lands as a retaliation for that humiliation. He also came in 2nd in Maine - behind Clinton and slightly ahead of Bush.
Returns for the 2012 presidential election showed President Obama leading the popular vote nationally with 62,610,003 tallies (or 50.6 percent) over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who had 59,133,398 (or 47.9 percent). Obama led with 332 electoral votes, while Romney trailed with 206.
27,175,754. He got 38.5% of popular votes.
Bush received 62,028,285 popular votes in 2004.
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Returns for the 2012 presidential election showed President Obama leading the popular vote nationally with 62,610,003 tallies (or 50.6 percent) over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who had 59,133,398 (or 47.9 percent). Obama led with 332 electoral votes, while Romney trailed with 206.
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Third-party presidential candidates can receive federal funds if their party received at least five percent of the vote in the previous presidential election.
Third-party presidential candidates can receive federal funds if their party received at least five percent of the vote in the previous presidential election.
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California cast its55 electoral votes for John Kerry in the 2004 election. The 2004 presidential election popular vote totals in California were John Kerry 6,745,485 and George W. Bush 5,509,826.