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Election ResultsCandidatePopular votePercentageElectoral votes (270 to win)Barack Obama6045996250%303
Mitt Romney5765397348%206
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Did president bush win the popular vote in 2004?
Yes he won the popular vote in 2004, but not in 2000.
What state executive offices are elected by popular vote?
All state officials are elected by popular vote.
What does is mean to have a popular vote?
The popular vote is when the people vote for the president. in actuallity the people don't elect the president. the electorial college do. they win states with the popular vote then the delegates from those states vote for the candidate their state chooses.
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. )
Has a state electoral vote ever gone against the states poplar vote?
Yes. In early elections, there wasn't necessarily a "popular vote". Some states selected their electors based upon a vote in the state legislature. In those cases, I'm not sure if it make sense to say it "went against" the popular vote, but it also certainly was not the same as the popular vote, because there was no popular vote. Also, there have been "faithless electors". These are electors who, basically, promised to vote for one candidate, and voted for another. This is a sort of "going against" the popular vote. In a sense, in most states the electoral vote always "goes against" the popular vote in the sense that the popular vote might be split 55/45, but the electoral vote will be 100/0. Only a couple of states "split" the electoral vote. It's arguable that we should abolish the electoral college and just use the popular vote directly to determine the President, but this would effectively weaken the major parties, so don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
Why do electors vote before the total tally of popular votes is known?
Electors vote before the total tally of popular votes is known because they are appointed to represent their respective states in the Electoral College. The purpose of the Electoral College is to formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Each state determines its own electors based on the popular vote in that state, so electors vote based on the outcome within their state, regardless of the national popular vote tally.
Are invalid votes registered?
No... if a vote is invalid - it is not counted towards the final tally.
When Congress counted the votes for president the tally show that the vote for George Washington was what?
Unanimous
When congress counted votes for president the tally showed that the vote for Washington was?
Washington cast its 12 electoral votes for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. The popular vote count was Hillary Clinton 1,742,718, Donald Trump 1,221,747 and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson 160,879.
Was bush trying to win electoral or popular vote?
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
In the Grant elections which vote got Grant in office the overall popular vote or the electoral college vote?
popular vote
What is the difference between popular vote for a senator and electoral vote vote for president?
the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in
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What is the role technology play in the presidential election?
These days we no longer vote with paper ballots. We vote on "Voting machines" that tally the votes and send the information to the electoral college.
Does the electoral vote happen before or after the popular election?
After. The electors are supposed to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their state (or whatever method has been specified, but in practice it amounts to "winner take all" with respect to the popular vote results in nearly every state), so it would be impossible for them to vote until the popular vote results are known.
Which vote popular vote or electoral votes best represents the American people?
Popular vote by definition means the vote of the people ( vox populi in Latin).
How did the presidential election process begin to change in the early 1800's?
the popular vote become more important.
