I know for a fact that there have been 4 instances in US election history where the candidate with fewer popular votes won the presidency.
I have managed to find 3 of these:
1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Samuel J. Tilden
1888 - Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland
2000- George W. Bush defeated Al Gore
Can someone tell me what the 4th such instance was? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks.
1960 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy defeated Richard Milhous Nixon
Hey, how about 1880? That one had a closer popular vote.