I have this question on my homework :P
I don't know who to put though...the question:
"Which three presidents were elected by the electoral college even though they had fewer popular votes than their opponents?"
Please help me out. I dont have anyone else to ask.
2007-01-19 11:01:43 · 7 answers · asked by S. Andrew 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and
George W. Bush .
2007-01-19 11:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Three presidents have been elected by means of an electoral college victory while losing the national popular vote (Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and George W. Bush in 2000).
2007-01-19 19:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hayes and Harrison. In the election in which Bush received fewer popular votes than his opponent, he was not elected. He was appointed by the Supreme Court.
2007-01-19 19:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by jhartmann21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three presidents were?
1)Rutherford B. Hayes,
2)Benjamin Harrison, and
3)George W. Bush .
2007-01-19 19:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know all three but I think Richard Nixon was one of them in his run against Hubert H. Humphrey in 68. Al Gore may be another in the closely contested election of 2000 and the Florida "hanging chad" fiasco.
I'd be guessing for the third one but it seems that the Kennedy vs. Nixon race was a close one because I think everything depended on Cook County(Chicago) and it was thought that organized crime swung the Chicago vote to Kennedy via voter fraud of some sort.
2007-01-19 19:12:37 · answer #5 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush-Harrison and Hayes
2007-01-19 19:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by Extra Blue Note 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the future you can google your questions also. Clinton also didn't get the majority of the popular vote/
2007-01-19 19:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by crusinthru 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋