When was the last time a presidential candidate won the election and the popular vote?

When was the last time a presidential candidate won the election and the popular vote? If you can quote a source that would be wonderful, or even better would be where I can look at the numbers for the popular vote and who won the election for past presidential elections.

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  1. Bill Clinton I think!
  2. Where have you been? http://theinternetassassin.com/
  3. bill clinton's 2nd term
  4. Bush won 62 million versus kerry's 59 million
  5. when was the last time...1996 bill clinton..1992--bill clinton and 2004-- bush.. and many other times...my source wikepedia..and just remembering
  6. 2004?
  7. Bush in the last election, not his first election, and many others before him. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html I'm wondering if you meant to ask if a president was elected but did NOT win the popular vote? That would be Bush's first "election."
  8. More often than not, one candidate wins both the electoral vote and the popular vote. It truly is rare that a candidate wins the electoral vote but not the popular vote. That being said, President Bush won both the electoral vote and the popular vote in 2000. His popular vote was 62,040,109 and his electoral vote was 286.
  9. msot of the time the president won by a popular vote, except in 2000, when we all know who had the most votes
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