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Which president didn't have the majority of the popular vote?
George Bush in 2000
How did George W. Bush win the president election 2000 despite loosing the popular vote?
Bush won the electoral vote despite losing the national popular vote. George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 2,882,955 popular votes. Nader did not receive any electoral votes.
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
Who was republican candidate for president in 1996?
The incumbent President George H. W. Bush ran for the Republicans in 1992 and lost to Bill Clinton.
Do the people really vote for president?
No, the vote for president is called the popular vote and that does not count. When you cast your vote for president, you are actually voting for the electors to vote for the president.
What president did'nt win the popular vote?
George W. Bush, our former president.
Which president didn't have the majority of the popular vote?
George Bush in 2000
Which 4 presidents did not win by popular vote?
Four Presidents- John Quincy Adams (1824) , Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison(1892) and George W. Bush (2000) did not win in popular vote but were elected. Bush did win the popular vote when he ran again in 2004. but the others never won a popular vote for President. (Of course, the "accidental" Presidents who took office when the President died, did not win a popular vote for their first term. Of these, Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur and Ford never won a popular vote for President.
Only president to be elected twice without 50 percent of the popular vote?
George W. Bush was the only president elected to two terms with less than 50 percent of the popular vote.
Who went against george w bush for president and won the popular vote?
Clinton
Is it possible for a candidate who does not receive the majority of the popular vote to become President?
George Bush?
Who was the last president to win the Elector vote but not the popular vote?
George Bush won the electoral vote with 271 to Al Gore's 266. Gore, however, won the popular vote with 50,999,897 votes while Bush only had 50,456,002.
Has a reelected president even lost the popular vote?
George W. Bush won in 2000 and lost the popular vote. He was re-elected in 2004 but when he was re-elected he won the popular votes as well as the electoral vote. (The other three Presidents who lost the popular vote, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes and Benjamin Harrison , were not re-elected .)
Was any president running for a second time when he lost the popular vote?
yes. george bush.
Since1888 who was the first man to be elected president without winning the popular vote?
George Bush
Who did South Carolina vote for in the 2004 election?
A staunchly Republican state, SC voted to re-elect President Bush in 2004.
How much did President bush received approximately 1.05 times the number of votes as senator Kerry.?
Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry. In the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush received 286 electoral votes and John Kerry received 251 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Bush 60,693,281 and Kerry 57,355,978.
