This was the beginning of the so-called âbaby boom.â In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million âbaby boomersâ in the United States.
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Clevelandâs 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes. In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didnât win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.
Benjamin Harrison won 47.8% of the popular vote in the 1888 general election, a percentage that was significantly lower than the average of all elected presidents (52.15%). Benjamin Harrison's margin of victory in the popular vote was a very low -0.8% and he received approximately 94,530 fewer votes than his competitor, Grover Cleveland. Benjamin Harrison carried a total of 20 states states. In terms of electoral votes, Benjamin Harrison won with 233 electoral votes out of 401 electoral votes votes, or 58.1%.