<P> There have been five United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote including the 1824 election , which was the first U.S. presidential election where the popular vote was recorded . Losing the popular vote means securing less of the national popular vote than the person who received either a majority or a plurality of the vote . </P>
<P> There have been five United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote including the 1824 election , which was the first U.S. presidential election where the popular vote was recorded . Losing the popular vote means securing less of the national popular vote than the person who received either a majority or a plurality of the vote . </P>
how many times in us history has the popular vote lost
how many times in us history has the popular vote lost
five
five