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Barack Obama won 69,498,516 popular votes in 2008, the highest total ever, due in large part to the constantly increasing population.
James Monroe won 80.61% of the popular vote in 1820. (George Washington no doubt did even better in 1788 and 1792 but he did not opposition at all.)
In modern history, Lyndon Johnson won the highest percentage of popular votes , 61.6% in 1964.
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What presidential candidate got most popular vote ever?
Barack Obama won 69,498,516 popular votes in 2008, the highest total ever, due in large part to the constantly increasing population.James Monroe won 80.61% of the popular vote in 1820. (George Washington no doubt did even better in 1788 and 1792 but he did not opposition at all.)In modern history, Lyndon Johnson won the highest percentage of popular votes , 61.6% in 1964.
Who wants obama for the country?
Everyone who voted for him. 63.7 million, the most ever received by a presidential candidate
Did Nixon win both the popular and electoral college vote?
That is true of the vice presidential elections of 1952 and 1956 and of the presidential elections of 1968 and 1972. In the presidential election of 1960 there was some doubt regarding the accuracy of the popular vote in one of the states with enough electoral votes to change the outcome of the election. It was the type of situation for which the demand for a recount would have been appropriate, but Vice Pres. Nixon refused the recount and conceded the election to his friend Jack.
Ross Perot's total votes in 1992 election was the highest awarded any candidate not affiliated with the two major parties?
Perot won 19.743 million popular votes in 1992 which was the highest total ever for a third party candidate. However, as a percentage, he won only 18.9% ,whereas in 1912, third party candidate Theodore Roosevelt won 27.4% of the popular vote with some 4 million votes for him.
What city does Barack Obama represent in the 2008 campaign?
He lived in Chicago, but a presidential candidate doesn't ever represent a specific city for an election.
What presidential candidates had their endorsement revoked from their party?
I don't ever remember reading about or watching a candidate loosing an endorsement once they became the nominee.
Can a Presidential Candidate choose a spouse as a Vice Presidential running mate?
Yes, but as to wether they would need to fufill the duties of the first lady AND the vice president has yet to be seen if there ever is said situation.
Has NJ ever voted republican for president?
The last presidential candidate to receive the 14 NJ electoral votes was George H. W. Bush
How many votes did Hillary Clinton get in the 2008 presidential campaign?
Hillary Clinton was not on the ballot in the 2008 general election. Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain.
Which candidate in 2000 lost the Electoral College vote and did not become president?
Al Gore (the guy who is famous for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" regarding global warming) Al Gore was the 4th incumbent Vice President to lose a presidential election, after John C. Breckinridge (1860), Richard M. Nixon (1960) and Hubert H. Humphrey (1968). He was also the 4th candidate to lose a presidential election after having more nationwide popular votes cast in his favor than any other candidate, after Andrew Jackson (1824), who also received the most electoral votes but not enough to win, Samuel J. Tildon (1876), the only person ever to lose a presidential election with more than 50% of the popular votes, and Grover Cleveland (1892), the only candidate aside from Franklin Roosevelt to win the popular vote in at least three consecutive elections (he won in 1888 and 1896).
Did Jesse Jackson run for vice president?
He campaigned for the 1984 Democratic Party Presidential Nomination, but it went to former Vice President Walter Mondale, and Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro as the first ever female major-party U. S. vice presidential candidate.
What is the highest score on the helicopter game?
The helicopter game is a popular flash game. The highest score that has ever been recorded on the game is 8,474 as of July 2014.
