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The most recent case of this was in 2000, when Democrat Al Gore received the most popular votes (regardless of whether the final result in Florida was correct or not), but Republican George W. Bush won the Electoral College vote. This is an odd case since the US Supreme Court intervened in a dispute over who legitimately won Florida's electoral votes; the Court ruled that the votes could not be recounted to confirm the result. Bush was leading in Florida prior to the recount and therefore received Florida's votes, but if the recount had been completed and if it had resulted in Gore winning Florida (whether this would have happened is unknown), then Gore would have won the Electoral College as well as the popular vote.
The Electoral vote as not agreed with the popular vote in three other instances. These occurred in 1824, 1876, and 1888.
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∙ 11y agoThere are two different questions here. If your question is "how many times did the candidate who got the biggest popular vote not get the most electoral votes?" the answer is:
just once, in 2000.
If your question is "how many times has the candidate who got a majority of the electoral vote failed to get a majority of the popular vote? The anwer is: 11, the latest in 1992 when Bill Clinton got 43% of the popular vote. Richard Nixon got 43.4% of the popular vote in 1968, Harry Truman got 49.55% of the popular vote in 1948, and Woodrow Wilson got 41.8% of the popular vote in 1912 and 49.2% in 1916 (the other 6 times were in the 19th Century.) In each of those elections, third party candidates drew a significant popular vote, but not enough electoral votes to throw the election into the House of Representatives.
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∙ 16y agoYes.
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What are the arguments against the electoral college?
The biggest argument against the electoral college is that the electoral vote does not always reflect the preference of the majority of the population.
President is elected by?
the majority vote of the electoral college
What must a candidate win a majority of to become the US president?
electorial college, and that's not a school
Where are the instructions for how electoral college should elect president?
The representatives within the electoral college are to cast a vote based on the majority vote of the area they represent.
If the president loses the electoral college can he still win from the majority vote?
If you mean the popular vote the answer of no.
What is the flaws of the electoral college concerning the popular vote vs the electoral vote?
A candidate could be elected by having a majority of the Electoral votes, but losing the popular vote. And (at one time) Electors were not bound to vote the same way as the majority in their state had voted.
What happens if there isn't a majority vote for president?
If there is not majority in the Electoral College, the vote goes to the House of Representatives. The president is then elected by a majority of states representatives.
What is a disadvantage of the Electoral College?
You can win without getting the majority of the popular vote.
To become President a candidate must win the majority of?
electoral college vote
How is the election decided if neither candidate has the majority of the electoral college?
A vote in the House of Representatives
A candidate can win the presidency with?
Answer this question… a loss in the popular vote and a majority in the electoral college.
Can a presidential candidate win an election without the majority of the electoral college vote?
Yes
