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Whig Party Presidential candidate William Henry Harrison and his Vice Presidential running mate John Tyler won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren and his running mate Richard Johnson. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler received 234 electoral votes. Martin Van Buren and Richard Johnson received 60 electoral votes.
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What does it mean when the Electoral College rubber stamps the popular vote?
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
Does the electoral college vote on policies?
The electoral college does not vote on policies. The electoral college performs only one function. It elects the president of the United States.
How have the political parties changed the electoral college?
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
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.
Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?
The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.
Does the president win by electoral college or the poplar vote?
Electoral.
What year was the Electoral College defect of popular vote versus electoral vote illustrated?
2013
After people vote in their state the is used to determine the winner of the presidential race?
electoral college The Electoral College probabably electoral college
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.
What are the key dates of the electoral college?
There are no key dates. The electoral college votes after the popular vote.
Which president lost the popular vote and the electoral college vote?
John Quincy Adams was the only US president to be elected after losing the electoral vote. In 1824, no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote, so the election went to the House to decide. They chose Adams even though Andrew Jackson had won more electoral votes.
Which early American president did not win either the popular or the electoral college vote?
John Quincy Adams, in 1824.
