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.
Means they just won an election by a landslide.
Barack Obama won the Popular Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election by about 8,500,000 votes.
Al Gore
Andrew Jackson was the leader in popular vote in 1824.
Stephen Douglas won!
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore won the popular vote, but he did not win the presidency because George W. Bush won the electoral vote.
1824, Andrew Jackson lost to John Qunicy Adams. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election.
Gore.
Popular votes is not directly used to elect the President. However, the winner also won the popular vote in every election except 1824 (Adams won; Jackson led in popular vote),1876 (Hayes won; Tilden led in popular vote), 1888(Harrison won; Cleveland led in popular vote) and 2000(Bush won; Gore won the popular vote.)/
He won the electoral vote.
Andrew Jackson won. Adams won but lost the popular vote so Andrew Jackson won.