Presidential Trivia: The Three U.S. Presidents With The Most Popular Votes
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Which three U.S. Presidents had the most popular votes in history? That is, throughout all elections, not just in a single election.
I heard this one on NPR, while I was listening to Kevin Rudin's Political Junkie. Lots of people called in to give answers, and the most anyone got right was one out of three, but it wasn't always the same one of the three.
What's your guess?
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The Three Presidents with the Most Popular Votes
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Ramkitten predicts:
Which three Presidents in U.S. history had the most popular votes overall?
NoPartyAffiliation predicts:
FDR, Reagan, Nixon
charlino predicts:
I'm not sure, may be Washington, Eisenhower, and Reagan?
OhMe predicts:
I think it was Nixon, Bush and Reagan
MissMerFaery predicts:
No idea really, I'm not as "up" on presidents as I should be, being English lol. I'd guess Nixon, Kennedy and Clinton, maybe?
And The Answer Is....
#3: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR had the third most popular votes
Running for and being elected to the Presidency four times helped Franklin Roosevelt clinch the number three spot, with a total of 103,420,118 popular votes.By election year, FDR's totals were:
1932: 22,821,857
1936: 27,751,597
1940: 27,244,160
1944: 25,602,504
#2: President George W. Bush
George W. Bush had the second most popular votes
George W. Bush ran for office and was elected twice, with a total of 112,484,287 popular votes. The fact that, to date, more people voted than ever before helped push G.W. into the number two spot.By election year, George Bush's totals were:
2000: 50,456,002 (This was the year that Al Gore received more popular votes but did not win the election.)
2004: 62,028,285
#1: President Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon had the most popular votes
Richard Nixon ran for President three times and was elected twice, with a total of 113,063,548 popular votes among the three elections.By election year, Richard Nixon's totals were:
1960: 34,108,157 (This was the year he lost to John F. Kennedy, by a margin of only 112,827 popular votes.)
1968: 31,785,480
1972: 47,169,911
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Will President Barack Obama Take Over The Lead?
In 2008, Barack Obama received more popular votes in a single election than any other U.S. President, with a total of 66,862,039 votes.Assuming he'll run again in 2012, he'll need 46,201,509 popular votes to tie Richard Nixon for first place.
Think he'll take over the lead?
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Do you have a bit of U.S. President trivia to share?
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Brite-Ideas
Feb 5, 2012 @ 12:37 pm | delete
- I'm a political junkie, follow it like people follow sports and reality tv..I know too much! lol
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Joan4
Feb 4, 2012 @ 10:46 pm | delete
- Which president conducted a press conference from his toilet? Which president was the first born in a hospital? we love Presidential trivia -- obviously!
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poutine
Feb 4, 2012 @ 8:12 pm | delete
- Thanks for adding 2 of my lenses on U.S. Presidents.
Right now, I am reading about FDR. Extremely detailed and very educational.
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OhMe Feb 4, 2012 @ 1:57 pm | delete
- We used to love to play Meet The Presidents and my head was full of President Trivia but unfortunately I forgot most of it.
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andhag
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- nice info!
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