Florida. Florida, decided by a mere 537 votes, was the closest state of the 2000 presidential election, and it gave George Bush his win.
In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln did not win in the State of Kentucky. The winner there was John Breckenridge.
People vote for a candidate. Each state has a given number of electoral votes. Win the state, get the votes from that state. Get more votes than your opponent, and you have been elected.
Yes, Barack Obama did win the state of Michigan.
The ONLY two Federalists to win the presidential election were John Adams and of course George Washington.
John Kennedy was the youngest to win a presidential election.
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Yes, Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election.
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