Except... not really: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/popular-vote/ https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/popular-v... As often

Except... not really: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/popular-vote/ https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/popular-v... As often as not, the winner doesn't have 50%+... and, in some circumstances, the "Winner" has fewer popular votes: Bush in 2000 had 47.8 to Gores 48.3 yet Bush got more Electoral Votes