<Tr> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td> Harrison, Benjamin Harrison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 233 / 401 </Td> <Td> 58.10% </Td> <Td> 5,443,892 </Td> <Td> − 90,596 </Td> <Td> 47.80% </Td> <Td> − 0.79% </Td> <Td> Cleveland, Grover Cleveland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 79.30% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Bush, George W. Bush </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 271 / 538 </Td> <Td> 50.37% </Td> <Td> 50,456,002 </Td> <Td> − 543,895 </Td> <Td> 47.87% </Td> <Td> − 0.51% </Td> <Td> Gore, Al Gore </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 51.20% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Trump, Donald Trump </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 304 / 538 </Td> <Td> 55.50% </Td> <Td> 62,984,825 </Td> <Td> − 2,868,691 </Td> <Td> 46.09% </Td> <Td> − 2.10% </Td> <Td> Clinton, Hillary Clinton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 56.30% </Td> </Tr> <P> In the 1960 United States presidential election, Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy defeated Republican candidate Richard Nixon . Kennedy is generally considered to have won the popular vote as well, by a narrow margin, but based on the unusual nature of the election in Alabama, political journalists John Fund and Sean Trende have argued that Nixon actually won the popular vote . </P>

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