Has a Presidential canditate ever won the majority of the popular vote but lost the electoral vote?

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Note, Gore only won a plurality of the popular vote.

A majority is >50%

2007-03-03 05:06:34 · 5 answers · asked by Vegan 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections

Yes. Samuel Tilden did in 1876. Grover Cleveland in 1888, like Al Gore in 2000, won a plurality of the vote, but did not win a majority.

2007-03-03 08:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Bush was the first President to win the popular vote since the 70s, I believe.

2007-03-03 16:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

I think this happened once a long time ago, back in the 30's or 40's I think.

2007-03-03 13:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by freedomchild99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

poplar vote does not count

2007-03-03 15:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Not that I'm aware of.

2007-03-03 13:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋