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How many times has a person been elected president and not received the majority of the popular vote?
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∙ 14y ago
Kevin Rudd
It has happened 3 times:
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral vote with 185/369 votes but lost the popular vote to Samuel Tilden.
1888: Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote with 233/401 but lost the popular vote to Grover Cleveland.
2000: George W. Bush won the electoral vote with 270/538 but lost the popular vote to Al Gore by a very small margin.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIn three U. S. Presidential elections to date, the candidate with the most electoral votes was not the candidate with the most popular votes: 1876, 1888 and 2000.
In 1824, Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes AND the most electoral votes, but he failed to win an absolute majority of the electoral votes, and the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams President.
Samuel Tilden in 1876 was the only Presidential candidate in U. S. history to receive more than 50% of the popular votes but not win the Presidency.
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∙ 11y agoOut of the 56 Presidential elections to date, it happened only once, in 1824:
1824 U. S. Presidential Election Electoral Vote Counts:
- 131 votes - minimum required
- 99 votes - Andrew Jackson
- 84 votes - John Quincy Adams
- 41 votes - William H. Crawford
- 37 votes - Henry Clay
1824 U. S. Presidential Election House of Representatives Vote Counts:
- 13 states - minimum required
- 13 states - John Quincy Adams
- 7 states - Andrew Jackson
- 4 states - William H. Crawford
Also, out of the 52 Vice Presidential elections to date, it happened only once, in 1836:
1836 U. S. Vice Presidential Election Electoral Vote Counts:
- 148 votes - minimum required
- 147 votes - Richard M. Johnson
- 77 votes - Francis Granger
- 47 votes - John Tyler
- 23 votes - William Smith
1836 U. S. Vice Presidential Election Senate Vote Counts:
- 26 votes - minimum required
- 33 votes - Richard M. Johnson
- 16 votes - Francis Granger
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∙ 7y agoFive people have led in popular vote but lost the presidency. They were : Andrew Jackson in 1824, Samuel Tilden in 1876, Grover Cleveland in 1888, Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Samuel Tilden was the only one who received a majority of the popular vote, but lost.
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∙ 15y agoHow many times has a candidate won the greatest number of votes but was not elected president?
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∙ 14y agoit has happened four times
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Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
How many presidents have been elected unanimously?
No US president was elected unanimously by popular vote. The only president elected unanimously by the electoral college was George Washington (There was no popular vote in this election).
Does the president need a majority of the electoral votes or the majority of the popular vote to win?
majority on electoral votes
Which president didn't have the majority of the popular vote?
George Bush in 2000
What early American president did not win the popular vote or the electoral college vote?
You must be thinking of John Quincy Adams, our 6th president, who chosen by the House of Representatives after no candidate received the majority of electoral votes needed for election.
Can a president still win with the majority of the popular vote?
Yes. The President is actually elected by the Electoral College. It has happened three times in US history with the last time being 2000. UPDATE: Correction -- A number of presidents never received a majority of the popular vote (wherein, majority means over 50%). George W. Bush in 2008 only received 47.9% Bill Clinton in 1996 only received 49.2% Bill Clinton in 1992 only received 43% Richard Nixon in 1968 only received 43.4% John F. Kennedy in 1960 only received Harry Truman in 1948 only received 49.6%
Barack Obama should be president because?
Because he was legally and democratically elected twice, in 2008 and 2012; he received the most popular votes, and more than the required number of electoral votes. Of course, not everyone is happy with the results of every election, but President Obama was the person chosen by the voters and then re-elected, so a majority of Americans believed he should be the president.
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
Was Andrew Jackson a popular president?
He was re-elected with just about the same majority(55-56 %) the second time as the first, so he must have been reasonably popular.
What years we're president Grover Cleveland elected into the office of president?
Grover Cleveland was the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the 22nd President (1885-1889, elected 1884) and the 24th President (1893-1897, elected 1892).Although Benjamin Harrison acquired the necessary absolute majority of electoral votes in the 1888 election, Grover Cleveland received more popular votes, making him the only person beside Franklin D. Roosevelt to receive a majority of the popular votes in three consecutive U. S. Presidential elections (FDR did it in four consecutive elections).
Does The existence of the Electoral College mean that the president is not elected by the popular vote?
The president of the United States is not elected by direct popular vote, but rather by the electoral college. A mere 538 people, chosen by voters in all the states are the ones who actually elect the president. The candidate with the majority of electoral votes wins the presidency.
Will Obama win re-election?
Yes, on November 6, 2012, President Obama was re-elected. He received 332 electoral votes, while his opponent Mitt Romney received 206. In the popular vote, President Obama received 51% to his opponent's 47%. (The popular vote totals were: President Obama with 62,611,250 and Mitt Romney with 59,134,475.)
Will President Obama win the 2012 election?
Yes. Barack Obama was elected to a second term as the 44th U.S. president on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. In the electoral votes, President Obama received 62% of the votes: he got 332, while his opponent Mitt Romney received 206. In the popular vote, President Obama received 51% to his opponent's 47%. And in the popular vote totals, President Obama received 62,611,250 while Mitt Romney received 59,134,475.
Who received the majority of the votes in the election of 1876?
There was great dispute over the credentials of some of the electors but once the dispute was settled, Hayes was elected with a majority of electoral votes. William Tilden received the majority of the popular vote and graciously refused to demand a recount or otherwise go to court to contest the election.
How many presidents have been elected unanimously?
No US president was elected unanimously by popular vote. The only president elected unanimously by the electoral college was George Washington (There was no popular vote in this election).
Why was President Jackson elected 4 times?
He wasn't. Only twice. He thought of running four a third term, but didn't. He also won the popular vote the first time but did not have a majority of the electoral vote. The only president elected four times was Franklin Roosevelt.
1st US President not elected to office?
All have been elected in some format. When Washington became president there was no popular vote. Instead the men of Congress elected the president.
