Except... not really: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ropercenter.cornell.edu&#x2F;polls&#x2F;us-elections&#x2F;popular-vote&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ropercenter.cornell.edu&#x2F;polls&#x2F;us-elections&#x2F;popular-v...</a><p>As often as not, the winner doesn&#x27;t have 50%+... and, in some circumstances, the &quot;Winner&quot; has fewer popular votes: Bush in 2000 had 47.8 to Gores 48.3 yet Bush got more Electoral Votes