No. The electoral college decides who the president will be.
Historically, the elected President has usually had a lead in both the electoral college and in the popular vote. The 3 exceptions to this were in 1876, 1888, and 2000. Rutherford B Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and George W. Bush (first term) all trailed in the popular vote but won election in the electoral college.
Also, in 1824 Andrew Jackson led both in popular and electoral votes, but failed to get an absolute majority. Accordingly the election went to the House of Representatives,which chose John Quincy Adams instead.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt
US presidents are never elected by popular vote. Popular vote in each state and DC elects the people called electors, who then elect the president. Most presidents have won the popular vote well as the electoral vote
- only J. Q. Adams in 1824, Hayes in 1876, Ben. Harrison in 1888 and George W. Bush lost in the national popular vote total.
I believe the most accurate way to elect a President would be popular vote. This is because a President may not please the majority of the voters but could quite possibly earn the electoral votes needed to win. This is quite evident as the Democrats normally carry large electorate states such as California and New York, giving them an edge in terms of electoral votes. Popular votes express the desire of the majority of the people.
It can, and usually does, but the popular vote is not the number that's used
to determine the winner of the election.
In the 2000 presidential election, the candidate of the Democratic party, Al Gore,
received more popular votes, but the Republican candidate, George W. Bush, won
the majority of Electoral College votes, and the Presidency.
No US president was elected by popular vote. Only the electoral college can elect the President and that is how it has always been since the United States government began.
president Bush
majority on electoral votes
by popular and electoral college votes.
The candidate who receives the most electoral votes wins the presidency. It is possible to lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote to be elected president.
Presidents are elected by electoral votes.
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
Ronald regan
if the president lost popular vote and got fewer electoral votes, he/she isn't the president... so that doesnt make sense. but yea, they wouldn't be elected cause they lost both popular and electoral. that's the question right? cause if you mean he lost popular vote but won electoral votes, he would become the president
Not in the United States. The way the US is set up, the president is elected by electoral votes, not popular. In fact, President George W. Bush received a smaller portion of the popular vote instead of the electoral vote I believe.
The election of the president is determined by a popular vote and by the electoral college. The presidential candidate needs a majority of electoral votes to win, and the electoral votes usually coincide with the popular vote (with the exception of the election of George W Bush in 2000)
It doesn't work that way. The electoral votes are the final vote for president. The popular vote will either go for one party deciding who the electoral votes go to.
180 out of 303 possible electoral votes. He received 40% of the popular vote.