have a woman hold that position. and i ll tell our viewers if you go back and google the election of 1824 in which the winner of the popular vote was one andrew jackson, president of the united states in 1825 was one john quincy adams because the electoral college said he was more qualified to be president. the both will be back later on in the show. coming up, the dangerous world that sdrump about to inherit. that s nextch david. what s going on? oh hey! that s it? yeah. everybody two seconds! dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance. through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald s helps more people go to college. it s part of our commitment to being america s best first job.. i have a big meeting when we land,
ever been decided by the house of representatives. the most recent was nearly 200 years ago in 1824. four candidates ran that year and none of the four received the needed 131 electors that at that time were needed to win. andrew jackson did get the majority of the electoral votes but 99 was not enough to win. so it went to the house of representatives, and they picked john quincy adams, who was secretary of state to president james monroe. the electors felt that jqa was the most qualified to be president, so he became the sixth president of the united states. andrew jackson was not amused nor did he give up. four years later in 1828 he ran against john quincy adams and won becoming the seventh president of the united states and a founder of the democratic party. it turns out that part of the reason andrew jackson won that race in 1828 was because of his populist rhetoric. so now fast forward to 2016, one of the things that the right wing loves to do is compare donald trump to andrew j
hillary clinton has two million votes over donald trump in the national popular vote. that number will probably rise because there is nearly two million left from california. we have a situation. donald trump has the electoral votes and will be the president, but it s rare to have a split like this where the popular vote winner is not the electoral college winner and more rare by a margin like this. to not have it carry over to the electoral college. the last time this happened it was about a half million votes, the difference between gore and george w. bush. george w. bush had the electoral votes and only a couple other times in all of american history this happened. before that you have to go to 1888. grover cleveland got the most votes and benjamin harrison became the next president. 1876 is a famous election that ended in a deadlock. the guy with the most votes didn t win then and the only other time in 1824, look at
what if hillary spent more time in the midwest? what if she focused more on working-class whites? what if the polls had been slightly more on point? well, we thought we d add a comparative what if. what if america had a presidential system like most other countries in the world? hillary clinton lost the election but it now seems she has won the popular vote. presidential candidates have lost the presidency after winning the popular vote five times in the history of the united states. in 1824 when andrew jackson lost to john quincy adams, in 1876 when samuel tilden lost to rutherford b. heys, in 1888 when grover cleveland lost to benjamin harrison and since 2000 it s happened twice in 16 years. the first time, of course, in 2000 when al gore lost to george w. bush and this year. some vehemently reject calls to change the electoral college system while others say it s time to amend the constitution. it s been seriously proposed many times in fact, less than
were a lot of what ifs thrown around this week. what if hillary had spent more time in the midwest? what if she focused more on working class whites? what if the polls tb slightly more on point? we thought we would add a comparative what if, what if america had a presidential system like most other countries in the world? hillary clinton lost the election but it now seems she has won the popular vote. they have lost the presidency after winning the popular vote five times in the history of the united states. in 1824, when andrew jackson lost to john quincy adam and tilden lost to hayes and since then twice in 16 years. first time in 2000 when al gore lost to george w. bush and this year. some vehemently reject calls to change the electoral college system and others say it s time