People also have to wonder how a candidate can receive the most votes and still looses the election. * 1824: John Quincy Adams won over * 1876: Rutherford B

People also have to wonder how a candidate can receive the most votes and still looses the election. * 1824: John Quincy Adams won over * 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes * 1888: Benjamin Harrison * 2000: George W. Bush All these presidents won without the votes. Hayes was chosen by The House. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_where_winner_lost_popular_vote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden... Added later: The article you presented on approval and score voting is interesting and I like the idea. I have believed for some time that we need to do away with the party system and let each candidate stand or fall on their own merit. I don't really fit into any party as I am an independently conservative liberal libertarian with social and anti social leanings.