2. 2000 Election Al Gore won the popular vote,
but George Bush became president. Why?
Popular Vote: the vote for a U.S. president made by qualified voting citizens

3. To understand, we must look back to the framing of the constitution...

4. Problems large and small states were suspicious of each other’s power
population was spread out with little transportation and communication - they feared each state would elect a local hero
people felt that campaigning was bad, “the office should seek the man...”

6. Solutions Let Congress choose the president
Let the state governments choose the president
Create a College of Electors to choose the president

7. How does it work? Each state has electors.
The number of electors equals the number of people a state has in Congress
If a candidate wins the popular vote in a state, they receive that state’s electoral votes.
The candidate who wins a majority of votes (270 out of 538) wins the election.

8. The Electoral Map

9. In the 2000 election Al Gore won the most popular votes.
But George W. Bush received the most electoral votes, 271 out of the total 538.

10. 1824
John Quincy Adams
1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
1888
Benjamin Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Samuel J. Tilden
Grover Cleveland