Nice link. Thanks. archives.gov
You have proven with official US government archives that Tommie Watson is either a complete idiot... or a deliberate liar... when he claimed that Bush won the 2000 election with a victory margin of "16 million population votes".
You will note that the US does not count "population votes", rather we officially count popular votes, and electoral votes.
Popular vote totals for 2000 were:
Gore - 50,996,582
Bush - 50,456,062
Now, as to the claims of "who had the largest popular vote totals", you are correct in what you say.
Three candidates have scored over 50 million votes... not just two: Gore in 2000, Bush in 2000, and Reagan in 1984.
Below are some links that are a little easier to navigate than the US Archives... and I follow with the official results for the relevant elections:
History Central, all US Presidential elections:
multied.com
Atlas of US Presidential Elections:
uselectionatlas.org
US Presidential Election Maps:
fisher.lib.virginia.edu
I haven't compared the election wins by percent of the popular vote, but the links I've provided give that information also... that should be a 'fairer' comparison because it accounts for the increases in total population.
Now, the largest total votes:
2000
Gore - 50,996,582
Bush - 50,456,062
1996
Clinton - 47,402,357
Dole - 39,198,755
1992
Clinton - 44,909,806
Bush - 39,104,550
1988
Bush - 48,886,588
Dukakis - 41,809,485
1984
Reagan - 54,455,075
Mondale - 37,577,185
1980
Reagan - 43,904,153
Carter - 35,483,883
1976
Carter - 40,830,763
Ford - 39,147,793 |
