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Paradoxical Presidential
Election Outcomes |
There were three Presidents who were properly elected to office (by the Electoral College) even though they lost the popular vote:
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1876)
- Benjamin Harrison (1888)
- George W. Bush (2000)
The results of these three elections are shown in the charts below.
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| 1876 Presidential Election Data Source |
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| 1888 Presidential Election Data Source |
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2000 Presidential Election Data Source
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“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free ...
it expects what never was and never will be.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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| Created: 30October2004 |
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