1796 U. S. Presidential Election Results:
Because he got more votes.
He got 4,850,157 votes which were 55.9 percent of whole votes.
He got 4,206,284 votes which are nearly 48.6 percent of total votes.
Before the ratification of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1804, there were no vice presidential elections. Each elector voted for two people for president, then whoever got the second-highest number of votes was the vice president. Although John Adams' running mate in the 1796 election was Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina, Thomas Jefferson received more votes than Pinckney, making Jefferson the Vice President.
Bell got 39 electoral votes and 590,901 popular votes. Douglas got 12 electoral votes and 1,004,823 popular votes.
in India's election mr. sajjan kumar got the highest votes in 2004 elections
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, but nobody had more than half of all electoral votes as required. When that happens, the House of Representatives elects the President. They chose John Quincy Adams.
27,175,754. He got 38.5% of popular votes.
Texas cast its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
It depends on how many votes the other candidate is getting. If you were a candidate running for president, and if your opponent had 74 votes, you'd have to get more than that to win the election. If he got 98, you have to get more than 98 to win.
Senator John McCain got 59,934,814 votes (45.7%) in the 2008 Presidential election of the United States.
Barack Obama got more votes than his challenger in both the popular vote and the electoral college, so Mr. Obama won re-election.