Democrat Tilden had won a 250,000-vote popular plurality, but he fell one electoral vote short of a majority.
In analyzing the results of the 2000 election, party officials analyzing the embarrassing 500,000-vote popular margin won by Al Gore realized that they had essentially maxed out on four decades of pandering to angry white males.
American presidential election, 1804 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes1 Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 162 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Federalist 14 1Electors were chosen by legislatures in many states, not by popular vote.
American presidential election, 1864 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes Abraham Lincoln Republican 212 2,213,665 George B. McClellan Democratic 21 1,805,237 (not voted) 81 Source: United States Office of the Federal Register.
American presidential election, 1840 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes William Henry Harrison Whig 234 1,275,016 Martin Van Buren Democratic 60 1,129,102 Source: United States Office of the Federal Register.
American presidential election, 1808 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes1 James Madison Democratic-Republican 122 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Federalist 47 George Clinton Independent-Republican 6 (not voted) 1 1Electors were chosen by legislatures in many states, not by popular vote.
American presidential election, 1816 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes1 James Monroe Democratic-Republican 183 Rufus King Federalist 34 (not voted) 4 1Electors were chosen by legislatures in many states, not by popular vote.
American presidential election, 1812 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes1 James Madison Democratic-Republican 128 DeWitt Clinton Fusion 89 (not voted) 1 1Electors were chosen by legislatures in many states, not by popular vote.
American presidential election, 1800 presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes1 Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 732 Aaron Burr Democratic-Republican 73 John Adams Federalist 65 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Federalist 64 John Jay Federalist 1 1Electors were chosen by legislatures in many states, not by popular vote.
By the same logic, Gore's half-million-vote popular-vote margin in 2000 also meant nothing.
While receiving a slightly higher number of votes in the popular vote, 420,852, he received 2.83% of the popular vote.
