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Presidents Winning Without Popular Vote - FactCheck.org  Mar 24, 2008 ... Despite his victories, Jackson didn't reach the majority 131 votes ... But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes. ... of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn't win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush.
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Losing the Popular Vote and Winning - How does the Electoral ...  In most presidential elections, a candidate who wins the popular vote will also ... an election with fewer popular votes than their opponent but more electoral votes. ... a one-vote margin in the Electoral College, despite the fact that he lost the...
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Presidential Election Facts - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Presidential Election Facts, including ... For example, when Barack Obama was named the 44th president, he was ... In 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but got less than 50 percent of the electoral votes. ... Grover Cleveland was elected president (1884) then lost his re-election...
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United States presidential election, 2000 - Wikipedia  The United States presidential election of 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. ... Traditionally, the primary elections are indirect elections where voters cast ballots .... the Republican presidential nominee 8 years later, which he then lost to Barack Obama. ..... Bush also lost in Connecticut, the state of his birth.
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When the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote Differ | IIP Digital  Sep 5, 2008 ... Since the first U.S. presidential election in 1788, the Electoral College ... of the electoral vote but fewer popular votes than their principal opponents. ... negotiated with supporters of both Jackson and Adams, but he and the New .... to Al Gore's 266, but Gore had received about 540,000 more popular votes.
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Presidential Elections - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Presidential Elections, including videos, ... No one contested the election of George Washington, but he remained .... the presidency in 1828 by a landslide, receiving a record 647,292 popular votes (56 ... Van Buren won the election with 764,198 popular votes, only 50.9 percent of the total,...
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Presidential Election of 1876 - 270toWin  The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted.
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GEORGE WILL: GOP needs to revert to nominating Republicans ...  Oct 26, 2016 ... He received fewer than the combined votes for two Democratic rivals, the ... has ever won the presidential popular vote six times over seven elections. ... This year's winner probably will be the first Democrat since Grover Cleveland to ... vetoed more bills during his two, non-consecutive terms than all of his...
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United States presidential election, 1876 - Wikipedia  The results of the election remain among the most disputed ever, although there is no question that Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote. After a first count of votes, Tilden won 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165, with 20 votes unresolved.
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Presidential Election Facts - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  The 2000 election was not the first time a candidate won the popular vote but lost the ... In 1888 Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election when ... re-election campaign (1888) and came back again to win the presidency for a second time. ... Ronald Reagan is the only divorced man to be elected president.
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United States presidential election, 1796 - Wikipedia  The United States presidential election of 1796 was the third quadrennial presidential election. ... Federalist John Adams defeated Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. ... Jefferson received the second highest number of electoral votes and was elected vice president according to the prevailing rules of electoral...
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Presidents Winning Without Popular Vote - FactCheck.org  Mar 24, 2008 ... Q: How many times was a president elected who did not win the popular ... won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the...
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United States presidential election, 1884 - Wikipedia  The United States presidential election of 1884 was the 25th quadrennial presidential election, ... New York Governor Grover Cleveland narrowly defeated Republican former .... The convention nominated Benjamin F. Butler for president over its Party ... There were 150 delegates, including many non-voting delegates.
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ANTI-CATHOLICISM IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, 1920-1960 ...  Watson's senatorial bid, he won by an overwhelming majority. His victory cannot be ...... over 40 per cent of the popular vote and obtained the largest number of votes ever cast for a ...... he polled only 113,057 votes over Nixon. One study of the.
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If Trump Disputes the Election, We Have No Good Way Out - Politico  Sep 28, 2016 ... History suggests we've been lucky to avoid a full-blown crisis after ... debate that he would support Hillary Clinton if she wins, he and his .... The disputed presidential election of 1876 was also resolved without ... Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated to derisive cries of His Fraudulency and Rutherfraud.
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Presidents Winning Without Popular Vote - FactCheck.org  Mar 24, 2008 ... In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to...
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History Is Not On The Democrats' Side In 2016 - The Federalist  Sep 4, 2014 ... No non-incumbent since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 has lost less than three ... holding the White House to lose seats in Congress in the midterm elections. ... share of the vote won by a presidential candidate, you have two choices. .... This is all well and good, you may say, but the national popular vote isn't...
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Presidential Election of 1800 - 270toWin  Results of the presidential election of 1800, won by with electoral votes. ... under Jefferson and Aaron Burr, against incumbent Adams and Charles Pinckney's ... split between their two major leaders, President Adams and Alexander Hamilton. ... Controversy over electoral tie vote (between Jefferson and Aaron Burr) led to...
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How Johnson Won Election He'd Lost - NYTimes.com  Feb 11, 1990 ... The book, ''Means of Ascent,'' by Robert A. Caro, is the second ... 20,000-vote deficit to achieve his famous 87-vote victory in the 1948 ... On primary night, a Saturday, the first tallies of the Democratic primary showed Johnson trailing his ... that Lyndon Johnson's victory in the Texas Senate race was a result...
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Top 10 Presidential Candidates Who Should Have Won - Toptenz.net  Apr 2, 2010 ... 7. RICHARD NIXON over JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1960 ... corruption-plagued and largely inept eight years in the White House later proved. ... Even better, he never sought the nomination for president and was essentially ... Actually, Tilden won this election but lost the electoral college vote count through some...