It's a little more complicated than that. It is possible to win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote. Bush got the electoral votes from Florida after the Supreme Court "settled" the "recount" controversy, and they were enough to give him the majority win. First time since 1888 that popular and electoral didn't sync.
Question: Which presidents were elected without winning the popular vote? Answer: Four presidents took office without winning the popular vote. In other words, they did not receive a plurality in terms of the popular vote. They were elected, instead, by the electoral college or in the case of John Quincy Adams http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/johnquincyadams/a/quotejqadams.htmby the House of Representatives after a tie in the electoral votes. They were: John Quincy Adams http://americanhistory.about.com/od/johnquincyadams/p/pjqadams.htm who lost by 44,804 votes to Andrew Jackson http://americanhistory.about.com/od/andrewjackson/p/pjackson.htm in 1824 Rutherford B. Hayes http://americanhistory.about.com/od/rutherfordbhayes1/p/phayes.htm who lost by 264,292 votes to Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 Benjamin Harrison http://americanhistory.about.com/od/benjaminharrison/p/pbharrison.htm who lost by 95,713 votes to Grover Cleveland http://americanhistory.about.com/od/grovercleveland/p/pcleveland.htm in 1888 George W. Bush http://americanhistory.about.com/od/georgewbush/p/pgwbush.htm who lost by 543,816 votes to Al Gore in the 2000 election http://americanhistory.about.com/od/elections/p/election2000.htm. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : On 01/31/2016 04:18 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: What's the point? I was listening to Yank playwright Bonnie Greer today and she mentioned something that really shook me: Trump has no chance of becoming President (no - that bit didn't shake me!) because even if he wins every caucus/primary he contests the Republican bigwigs will block his candidature. That last bit was the shocker. So these primaries are in the end just advisory! The Democrat and GOP establishments will just pat you on the head and tell you they will "listen" to your concerns. Has it ever actually happened in US history that the popular choice for Presidential contender - Red or Blue -has been overturned at the final hurdle? Really? You don't know? Take a look at the 2000 US Presidential election. Gore won the popular vote. The Supremes put the Chimp in office. It's freezing out there. Stay indoors. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> mailto:rick@... wrote : Law in Iowa requires employers to give people time off if they don't have at least 3 hours to caucus during caucus hours. Pass it on! A lot of people I'm hearing from don't know this and think they can't vote Bernie Monday because they have to work! But they can. We need to get the word out! Empower the people!! Iowa Code ยง 49.109 http://www.findlaw.com/voting-rights-law.htmlhttp://www.findlaw.com/voting-rights-law.html http://www.findlaw.com/voting-rights-law.html Please tell your friends.
