President Obama did as of 2:30 EST, Wednesday November 3, 2012.
Barack Obama received the most popular votes in the 2012 election; his final totals were 65,899,660 (51%) to Romney's 60,932,152 (47%).
Democratic Party candidate incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
In the recent election, the most popular write-in votes for president were typically for candidates like Bernie Sanders, Kanye West, and Mickey Mouse.
A disadvantage of the presidential election could be that the person with the most popular votes could lose the election because he or she had less electoral votes.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
In 2008, President Obama received almost 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes. His total of 69,456,897 votes was the most ever received by a U.S. presidential candidate. In 2012, his vote total was down from 2008, but he still won with a solid margin. He received 65,367,939 popular votes, and 332 electoral votes.
Andrew Jackson
I would call it a direct election.
sam tilden
Barack Obama won both the popular and the electoral vote in the 2012 election. The popular vote totals were Barack Obama: 65,899,660 (51%) and Mitt Romney: 60,932,152 (47.2%). In electoral votes, Mr. Obama had 332 and Mr. Romney had 206.
Andrew Jackson was the leader in electoral votes and in popular votes in 1824 but he did not get the required majority of electoral votes and so the House decided the election as the constitution requires.
win a majority of the electoral votes