Donald Trump gained the U.S. presidency and as of Wednesday morning, was additionally forward within the in style vote. Whereas the 2 could appear to go hand in hand, traditionally, the candidate with probably the most votes hasn’t all the time gained the election.
Actually, two of the final seven elections have been gained by a candidate who garnered fewer votes than their opponent. That features Hillary Clinton’s 2016 marketing campaign, the place she beat Donald Trump by 2.1 proportion factors — virtually three million votes — however didn’t win sufficient electoral votes.
Actually, between 1992 and 2020, the Democrats solely misplaced the favored vote as soon as however misplaced three elections in that span. Trump is the primary Republican to steer the favored vote since George W. Bush in 2004, with the celebration having misplaced the vote in seven of the eight earlier elections.
Beneath are in style vote totals and winners for the previous 40 years of U.S. presidential elections.
