51.   All five schools are financed by the state and administered by a board of education appointed by the legislature, not elected by popular vote.

52.   All three previous presidents who lost the popular vote served just one term.

53.   Although Andrew Jackson received the largest popular vote, House Speaker Henry Clay delivered a majority for John Quincy Adams.

54.   Buchanan is hoping to build up his base of popular votes to brandish at the convention, focusing on Texas and Oklahoma in the run-up to Super Tuesday.

55.   Bush lost the popular vote but narrowly won the electoral vote.

56.   Bush built his triumph on the barest of margins in both the Electoral College and the popular vote, with voters agonizingly split between the him and Gore.

57.   Bush was running ahead of McCain, as well, in the popular vote contest in California in which non-Republicans could cast ballots.

58.   Bush already faces a monumental political task, having won the presidency without the popular vote.

59.   Bush also becomes the fourth president to win without taking the popular vote.

60.   Bush has the inside track on those delegates, but McCain is hoping for a symbolic victory in the nonbinding popular vote.