And you might be surprised to learn that the person with the most votes isn’t always the winner. In early January, Congress counts electoral votes from all the states and the District of Columbia. The candidate who has at least 270 electoral votes wins the election. But the election hinged on the electoral votes from Florida, where the race was so close that the ballots had to be tallied twice. Andrew Jackson won 99 electoral votes, and John Quincy Adams finished second with 84.

Source: Washington Post November 07, 2016 22:52 UTC