The electoral vote is the one that determines who becomes president, so that one probably matters more if you care who wins.
There is actually no legal reason for calculating the national popular vote; it is merely a courtesy to the curious. The popular vote matters only on the state level (for choosing most of the electors) and the district level (for choosing five of the electors in two states). That is why the popular vote does not exist for many of the elections before every state started using the popular vote as its method for choosing its electors.
the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
yes. popular vote doesnt matter... electorial vote is what matters!! Obama~!!!
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
That person was John Quincy Adams who was chosen as president in 1824 by the House of Representatives since no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. Jackson actually won more popular votes and more electoral votes than did Adams.
2013
The canditate doesnt win. he/she only wins if they get electoral
November (The electoral vote is in December.)
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.
no
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
Yes. You cannot win all electoral votes without having the popular vote.