But, how common is the Minority President in our history? Common? Rare? Somewhere in between? The wiki has the answer, but I'll save you the effort. Let's skip Washington, who ran unopposed and likely would have gotten 100% anyway.
Less than 51% Less than 50%
Madison/2
J. Q. Adams
Van Buren
Polk
Taylor
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland/1
Harrison
Cleveland/2
Wilson/1&2
Truman
JFK
Nixon/1
Carter
Reagan/1
Clinton/1&2
Dubya/1
Dubya/2
Trump/1&2
That's a lot of Minority Rule for a democracy.

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