23, 2016: We have updated this article to include the results of the 2016 election. Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than Trump, according to an analysis by the Associated Press of the certified results in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. In 2016, Donald Trump won the electoral vote by 304 to 227 over Hillary Clinton, but Trump lost the popular vote. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. Electoral college and popular vote results in U.S. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn’t win the popular vote either. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes. In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland’s 168, winning the presidency. 5:15:53 PM - Final figures from the re-count and the Shooters. Hayes won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to Samuel J. 8:05:21 AM - Site has been updated with final polling place figures, ending coverage of the by-elections. Japan, Mexico, Colombia, China and Morocco were the top five destinations. Corn export shipments notched a new marketing-year high and moved 52 above the prior four-week average, with 45.9 million bushels. The decision went to the House of Representatives, which voted Adams into the White House. Cumulative totals for the 2022/23 marketing year are still significantly below last year’s pace, with 679.0 million bushels. Despite his victories, Jackson didn’t reach the majority 131 votes needed in the Electoral College to be declared president. Jackson received 38,000 more popular votes than Adams, and beat him in the electoral vote 99 to 84. Andrew Jackson was the winner in both categories. In 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected president despite not winning either the popular vote or the electoral vote. system for presidential elections, we surveyed 6,174 U.S.

To continue tracking how the public views the U.S. presidency after receiving fewer votes in the Electoral College than their opponents. But this scenario has played out in our nation’s history before. Bush, Americas 43rd President (2001-2009), was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on. In both 20, the winners of the popular vote lost their bids for the U.S. The 2016 election was the most recent when the candidate who received the greatest number of electoral votes, and thus won the presidency, didn’t win the popular vote. Q: How many times was a president elected who did not win the popular vote?

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