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What presidents won electoral and popular vote?
Several U.S. presidents have won both the electoral and popular vote during their elections, including Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama. These presidents secured majority support from the electorate and also received the necessary electoral votes to win the presidency. Winning both votes typically indicates strong national support and legitimacy in their mandate to govern.
A presidential election is won by candidates who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
What two presidents won their elections without winning electoral college?
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Who becomes president if the majority is not won at the electoral college?
the other runner up.
What were the number of electoral votes Thomas Jefferson had won by?
Aaron Burr was Thomas Jefferson's main opponent. They had both won 73 electoral votes, but majority was 138/70.
Why did the house representatives select the president in the 1824 presidential election?
In 1824, no one won a majority of the electoral vote. In such an event, according to the US Constitution, the House of Representatives elects the presidents from among the top three in electoral vote. The election is held in a special way -- each state's delegates cast one vote for the state.
In the presidential election of 1824 jackson won the most popular vote but failed to?
win a majority of the electoral votes
statement best describes the presidential election of 1940?
President Roosevelt won a large majority of the electoral Vote
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. )
Lincoln won the election without what?
Lincoln won the election in 1860 without the majority of the popular vote. He won 40% of the popular vote, and 180 out of 303 electoral votes.
Who won the presidential election Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
Barack Obama won the election, with a majority of the popular vote and a decisive win in the electoral college.
