And in those elections, Democrats received an average of 46.4% of the Western popular vote.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/cambodian-leader-orders-mekong-safe-zones-to-save-rare-dolphins/

Biden won the national popular vote by about 4.5 percentage points, but he carried Wisconsin — the “tipping-point state” that gave him a majority in the Electoral College — by just under 1 point.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/third-party-candidate-spoiler-trump-biden/

But in 2020 the party had come within a whisker of doing the same thing in the Irish republic, when it won the greatest share of the popular vote (about 25%) and was just one seat behind Fianna Fail, with 37 TDs to Fianna Fail’s 38.

Source: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/dup-wonders-where-sinn-fein-stands-on-ira-commemorations-after-remarks-from-mary-lou-mcdonald-4181352

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he would broaden the range of topics that can be voted on in a referendum and ease thresholds for calling a popular vote.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231004-macron-promises-to-let-referendums-decide-more-issues

Grover Cleveland, who was first elected in 1884, lost narrowly to Benjamin Harrison in 1888 despite winning the popular vote, and beat Harrison in a rematch in 1892.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/99807-what-happened-to-ron-desantis-2023-08-21

Since 1992, the GQP has won the popular vote ONCE.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/house-passes-bill-to-avert-a-shutdown-after-republicans-abandon-push-for-steep-cuts-next-steps-in-senate-are-uncertain

The premier, a numbers buff who pores over polling data, is mindful that the Liberals actually received slightly more of the popular vote than the New Democrats last June — and could easily rise again in 2026.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/01/22/can-one-of-these-four-liberals-resurrect-the-party-and-topple-doug-ford.html

“We’ve lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections,” she said in a portion of the speech directed at Republicans.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/15/hundreds-gather-in-charleston-for-nikki-haley-presidential-launch-as-she-calls-for-new-generation-of-gop-leaders/

When he won the White House that November but lost the popular vote, Trump claimed the only reason for falling short in the latter category was because undocumented immigrants voted.

Source: https://capitolhillblue.com/node/94311