George W. Bush lost the popular vote in the 2004 United States presidential election.

The statement is false. In the 2004 United States presidential election, George W. Bush won both the popular vote and the electoral college vote. He received a total of 62,040,610 votes, which accounted for 50.7% of the popular vote, while his opponent John Kerry received 59,028,444 votes, which accounted for 48.3% of the popular vote. Even though the election was a close one, Bush ultimately secured a majority in both the electoral college and the popular vote.