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Originally Posted by rockdrummer
doesn't matter. Every vote doesn't count anyway. We have seen it a few times in history where the popular vote didn't win.
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The President of the USA is never elected by popular vote; they are all elected by the Electoral College.
But I guess you were referring to the times in history when the popular vote results were more than the Electoral College votes. Such examples are:
1824, Andrew Jackson received more popular votes than John Quincy Adams.
In 1876, Samuel J. Tilden received more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes.
In 1888, Grover Cleveland received more votes than Benjamin Harrison.
There were also two times when the Electoral College failed to reach a majority. (In such cases, the election is decide by the House of Representatives.)
In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes. The House chose Jefferson to be president.
In 1824, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, and Andrew Jackson received 99. Even though Jackson had the most electoral votes, he did not have a majority "of the whole Number of Electors appointed," so the vote went to the House, which selected Adams.