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In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
George W. Bush, a Republican, won the popular vote in the 2004 presidential election, according to the Federal Election Commission. He left office in 2009, 14 years ago.
The victory by the former president makes it the first time that a Republican candidate won the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004 when he was reelected over John F. Kerry.
According to NBC News, Trump leads the popular vote count with 74,672,841 votes to Harris' 71,144,667 votes as of Friday afternoon. See the latest results here: Trump's victory was already...
In 2016, Republican Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton, but secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency (page 11) (here). VERDICT. False. The last...
*Former President Theodore Roosevelt ran as a Progressive Party (Bull Moose) candidate and took more votes than the Republican candidate, President William Howard Taft.
Based on projections, 2024 will mark the first time since 2004 that a Republican has won the popular vote. Despite polls predicting a tight race, Trump had already swept key swing states...
According to NBC News, Trump leads the popular vote count with 73,517,201 votes to Harris' 69,204,767 votes as of Friday afternoon. See the latest results here: Trump's victory was already...
Trump, the president-elect, maintains a lead of nearly 5 million votes over Vice President Kamala Harris. He's never won the popular vote before. While Republican Donald Trump has secured a...
Trump is the first Republican to lead the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004, with the party having lost the vote in seven of the eight previous elections. Below are popular vote totals...