john quincy adams won the popular vote in the election of 1824.
who won the popular vote in the election of 1824?
john quincy adams
jackson, however, managed to successfully portray his veto of the national bank recharter as a defense of the common man against governmental tyranny. clay proved to be no match for jackson's popularity and the democratic party's skillful campaigning. jackson won the election by a landslide, receiving 54 percent of the popular vote and 219 electoral votes. nationwide, jackson won 54.2 percent of the popular vote, a slight decline from his 1828 popular vote victory. jackson won 88 percent of the popular vote in the states south of kentucky and maryland, and clay did not win a single vote in georgia, alabama, or mississippi. clay received 37 percent of the popular vote and 49 electoral votes, while wirt received eight percent of the popular vote and seven electoral votes. the south carolina legislature awarded the state's electoral votes to states' rights advocate john floyd. despite jackson's victory in the presidential election, his allies lost control of the senate.
presidency of andrew jackson
since 1824, aside from the occasional "faithless elector", the popular vote determines the winner of a presidential election by determining the electoral vote, as each state or district's popular vote determines its electoral college vote. although the nationwide popular vote does not directly determine the winner of a presidential election, it does strongly correlate with who is the victor. in 53 of the 58 total elections held so far (about 91 percent), the winner of the national popular vote has also carried the electoral college vote. the winners of the nationwide popular vote and the electoral college vote differ only in close elections. in highly competitive elections, candidates focus on turning out their vote in the contested swing states critical to winning an electoral college majority, so they do not try to maximize their popular vote by real or fraudulent vote increases in one-party areas.
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