the popular vote has lost four times in us history.
the popular vote has lost four times in us history.
how many times in us history has the popular vote lost?
four
united states presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote









































there have been five united states presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote including the 1824 election, which was the first u.s. presidential election where the popular vote was recorded. losing the popular vote means securing less of the national popular vote than the person who received either a majority or a plurality of the vote.
united states presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote
then in 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016, the winner of electoral vote lost the popular vote outright. numerous constitutional amendments have been submitted seeking to replace the electoral college with a direct popular vote, but none has ever successfully passed both houses of congress. another alternate proposal is the national popular vote interstate compact, an interstate compact whereby individual participating states agree to allocate their electors based on the winner of the national popular vote instead of just their respective statewide results.
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