QUESTION: Is Donald Trump the first President in history .......
Is he the first POTUS in history to run for a second term, INCREASE the number of popular votes from his first run, but still "lose" ??
I used this site to check into it:
https://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/
Not easy to confirm as the first several elections show only electoral college votes since many states just had the state legislatures assign the electoral college delegates. But, once the popular votes are presented, if you look only at Presidents who won a second term I could not find a single one who increased their popular votes over their first election but still lost.
Obama got fewer votes his second run but still managed to win.
Am I seeing this correctly? Is that no another HUGE anomaly in this election? It appears that has NEVER happened in the history of the United States.