The 2000 George Bush vs. Al Gore election, also, the 1888 (Rebulican Benjamin Harrison vs Democrat Grover Cleveland) and 1876 (Rebulican Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Democrat Samuel J. Tilden) elections.
The winner of the popular vote lost the election. The most unusual aspect was the involvement of the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court in the adjudication of irregular votes that could have changed the result of the election.
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).
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the electoral college is most likely the most unique. As it is possible to lose the popular vote for President but still win the election by the electoral college.
The election is decided by a vote of the members of the US House of Representatives.
Donald Trump received 46.8% of the popular vote in the 2016 US presidential election and 46.9% in the 2020 US presidential election.
The winner of the popular vote lost the election. The most unusual aspect was the involvement of the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court in the adjudication of irregular votes that could have changed the result of the election.
Yes it does in that the college determines who the final candidates for the popular vote for the US president will be.
The closest election in United States history for the Presidency of the United States was in 1880, if going by popular vote. The contestants were James A. Garfield and John Hancock. It was decided in a secret meeting that James Garfield would be President.
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).
The 2012 presidential election popular vote totals were Barack Obama 65,446,032 and Mitt Romney 60,589,084.
John Quincy Adams won over Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election. This election was unusual in that it was ultimately decided by the U.S. House of Representatives after no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote.
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"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
if you're talking about the US, the closest thing to a purely democratic process is in local government: PTA, city official election, etc. each vote counts as weighing as a single entry, unlike the federal election, where votes are decided by the electoral college, and they vote for us based on their constituency