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Which president lost his re-elction even though he had more votes?
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∙ 13y ago
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 12y agoFour candidates won the popular vote but
lost the presidency:
Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election to John Quincy Adams (1824)
Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election
to Rutherford B. Hayes (1876)
Grover
Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the
election to Benjamin Harrison (1888)
Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the
election to George W. Bush (2000).
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∙ 13y agoAndrew Jackson lost in 1824 even though he had more electoral votes than the winner. John Q. Adams. Hayes, B. Harrison Bush in 2000, and possibly Kennedy lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote.
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∙ 12y agoAndrew Jackson led in electoral votes in 1824 over John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay but did not receive a majority, so as ordained by the US Constitution, The House of Representatives choose the president and they elected John Qu9ncy Adams who had finished second. Jackson won in 1828 and 1832 with clear majorities in the electoral college.
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∙ 11y agoThis misfortune occurs to Samuel Tilden in 1876, to Grover Cleveland in 1888 and to Al Gore in 2000.
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What election has a candidate won president with fewer votes most recently?
President Bush won the election over Carry even though Carry had more of the popular vote President Bush won with more electoral college votes; even though the electoral college is supposed to represent the peoples views.
What president lost an election even though he received more wlwctoral votes than his opponent?
al gore
Can a president be able to ignore the congressional override of his veto even if the have enough votes?
no
Does Venezuela have a president or a dictator?
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe is a dictator. Even though he receives "the votes", this is due more to rigging the elections and suppressing dissent than because the people have actually voted for him.
Who was the last president elected by the house of rep?
the president is not elected by the house of representatives. He is elected by the continental congress.
In the 2000 Presidential Election which Amendment prohibited Al Gore from becoming Vice President though he finished second in electoral votes?
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, specifically Section 3, is what prohibited Al Gore from becoming Vice President in the 2000 Presidential Election. This section states that if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives chooses the President from the top three candidates. Even though Gore finished second in electoral votes, he did not receive a majority, so the decision fell to the House of Representatives, which ultimately chose George W. Bush as President.
Did Alexander Hamiliton receive the second amount of votes thus becoming vice president?
No- Alexander Hamilton was never the vice-president. Inf 1796, Thomas Jefferson finished second to John Adams and so became the vice-president even though he a ran in opposition to Adams.
Who is technically the president of the senate?
The vice president of the US is president of the Senate even though he is not a member.
Why do people vote if election is based on electoral votes?
The reason why people vote for the president even though it is based on an electoral college is because if you are voting for a slate of people which vote for the president, it is still important! It is even more important if you are in a battleground state because then your vote could help decide the election! (example: Albert Gore Jr. vs. George W. Bush; 300 votes in Florida could have changed the outcome of the election!)
How did abrham lincoln became a president?
Lincoln ran in 1860 against a wide field of candidates. Even though he did not win the popular vote, he carried the Electoral College, even though he had less than 50 per cent, he had the most electoral votes of any candidate. He beat Stephen Douglas, Breckenridge, and others.
What group decided the election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?
According to the US Constitution, if no one gets a majority of the votes in the electoral college for president, the House of Representatives will choose the President. That is what happened in the case of Jackson in 1824. Even though Jackson got more electoral votes than Adams, there were 3rd and 4th candidates that also got votes, so Jackson did not have a majority. Adams had more pull in the House and they chose him.
Can a president and vice president on the same ticket receive a tie vote in the electoral college?
The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that electors clearly list the people receiving votes for president, with the number of votes for each, and separately, clearly list the people receiving votes for vice president, with the number of votes for each. In the election of 1988, one of the electors voted for the vice presidential candidate for president and voted for the presidential candidate for vice president. However, it's highly unlikely that half of the electors in one election will all make that mistake. But even if they do, if one candidate gets half of the votes for president, his running mate gets the other half of the votes for president, and nobody else gets any votes for president, then nobody has the required absolute majority of votes, and the House of Representatives has to elect the president from between those two. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, ended up tied for first in the presidential election, and both had enough electoral votes. The 12th Amendment, which took effect before the next election, made sure that that could never happen again.
