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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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When has a president been elected with electoral votes and not popular votes?

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Does the president need a majority of the electoral votes or the majority of the popular vote to win?

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Have there ever been a candidate who won by having more popular votes than electoral votes?

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