Can you name the presidential candidates who received over 48% of the popular vote but lost the election?

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Source: Election Atlas
Election of 1824 was the first to tally the popular vote. The first nine elections are therefore omitted.
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Percentage	Candidate	Year / Winner
51.0%		1876 / Rutherford B. Hayes (47.9%)
49.6%		1960 / John F. Kennedy (49.7%)
48.6%		1888 / Benjamin Harrison (47.8%)
48.4%		2000 / George W. Bush (47.9%)
48.3%		2004 / George W. Bush (50.7%)
48.2%		1880 / James Garfield (48.3%)
48.2%		1884 / Grover Cleveland (48.5%)
48.1%		1844 / James K. Polk (49.5%)
48.0%		1976 / Jimmy Carter (50.1%)

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Presidential Candidates over 48% Quiz

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	buckeyebob:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 15:57 GMT		14 points
	Hayes would have won the popular vote in a landslide if not for suppression of the black vote due to 1) physical intimidation by the KKK and 2) constitutionally suspect legal obstacles.

	bookworm75:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 17:49 GMT		16 points
	If I knew one thing, it was to not guess Walter Mondale.

	barnztormre:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 17:50 GMT		27 points
	I tried Dewey repeatedly. After all, he "defeated" Truman...sorta

	mungar:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 20:38 GMT		2 points
	Dewey got crushed by Truman

	GiantsJoe2110:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 21:14 GMT		9 points
	@Buckeyebob, you're probably right, but there was also fairly widespread (although not quite as rampant) voter fraud by the Republicans in that election too. Not to mention the fact that Tilden probably should have won at least 1 of those disputed electoral votes. Either way, no matter who wins that election, it was kind of a trainwreck.

	zadie:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 21:28 GMT		3 points
	@bookworm75: exactly what I was thinking... as I was typing in his name.

	Supernuke:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 22:55 GMT		2 points
	Mungar is right. Truman won the popular vote by around 2 million votes and the electoral college by 114. A close election, like the 2000 election, had the popular vote won by around 500,000 and the electoral college was won by 5.

	pfrijiritr:	Jan 27th, 2013 at 23:37 GMT		8 points
	If you brought the cutoff down just a little bit, you could've included Mitt Romney's 47-karma.

	Aull_Tennis:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 00:53 GMT		2 points
	When Hayes won, it effected the South Carolina 1876 governor's election. Wade Hampton III and Chamberlain were both trying to claim office after controversial vote counting. Hampton was backed up by most white South Carolinians, while Chamberlain was backed up by the military. Since Hayes had promised to take the military out of the south if he was elected, when he was elected he took the military out, and Chamberlain lost his defense and Hampton claimed office.

	kbelle:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 01:57 GMT		2 points
	It's thanks to the movie The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band I got Cleveland.

	chriskotx:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 03:09 GMT		5 points
	Wow, did't realize the Kennedy-Nixon race was that close! I thought Nixon-Humphrey was closer.

	AtomicIce:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 05:29 GMT		4 points
	Dang, what was going on in the US in the 1870s and 1880s?? Four elections in a row on this list-- 1876, 1880, 1884, and 1888-- including 2 where the popular vote winner lost the electoral vote.

	rockgolf:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 16:45 GMT		2 points
	@Chrisotx: The 68 election was also close by popular vote, but George Wallace as a 3rd party candidate got about 13% of the vote so both Nixon & Humphrey were under 45%.

	david6k:	Jan 28th, 2013 at 18:16 GMT		6 points
	Very puzzled that only just over half are getting Kerry. It was only 8 years ago!

	Acid_Snow:	Apr 17th, 2013 at 20:52 GMT		1 point
	Damnit I knew all about the Blaine thing but only remembered Tilden. Oh well