But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes. In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn’t win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266. read more
Donald Trump's win in the 2016 election makes him the fifth president in U.S. history to win a majority in the Electoral College while losing the popular vote. Anti trump Protests in NYC, Oakland, Chicago and now Seattle. read more
Just 12 years earlier, in the election of 1876, the same thing had happened where the President-elect had failed to win the popular vote. It would not happen again until the election of 2000, 112 years later. read more