Presidential Election Results Historical Statistics

Year 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952

Candidate Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel J. Tilden James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William J. Bryan William McKinley William J. Bryan Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker William H. Taft William J. Bryan Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes Warren G. Harding James M. Cox Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Herbert Hoover Alfred E. Smith Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Alfred M. Landon Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Wilkie Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey Harry S Truman Thomas E. Dewey Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Progressive Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Republican

Electoral Vote Popular Vote 286 3,597,132 42 2,834,125 185 4,033,768 184 4,285,992 214 4,449,053 155 4,442,035 219 4,911,017 182 4,848,334 233 5,440,216 168 5,538,233 277 5,556,918 145 5,176,108 271 7,035,638 176 6,467,946 292 7,219,530 155 6,358,071 336 7,628,834 140 5,084,491 321 7,679,006 162 6,409,106 435 6,286,214 88 4,126,020 277 9,129,606 254 8,538,221 404 16,152,200 127 9,147,353 382 15,725,016 136 8,385,586 444 21,392,190 87 15,016,443 472 21,392,190 59 15,016,443 523 27,751,597 8 16,679,583 449 27,244,160 82 22,305,198 432 25,602,504 99 22,006,285 303 24,179,345 189 21,991,291 442 33,936,234

Electoral Vote %

78.1% 11.5%

50.1% 49.9%

58.0% 42.0%

54.6% 45.4%

58.1% 41.9%

62.4% 32.7%

60.6% 39.4%

65.3% 34.7%

70.6% 29.4%

66.5% 33.5%

81.9% 16.6%

52.2% 47.8%

76.1% 23.9%

71.9% 25.6%

83.6% 16.4%

88.9% 11.1%

98.5% 1.5%

84.6% 15.4%

81.4% 18.6%

57.1% 35.6%

83.2%

1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

Adlai E. Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai E. Stevenson John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson Barry M. Goldwater Richard M. Nixon Hubert H. Humphrey Richard M. Nixon George McGovern Jimmy Carter Gerald R. Ford Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Walter F. Mondale George H. Bush Michael S. Dukakis William J. Clinton George H. Bush William J. Clinton Robert J. Dole George W. Bush Albert A. Gore George W. Bush John F. Kerry Barack Obama John McCain

Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican

89 457 73 303 219 486 52 301 191 520 17 297 240 489 49 525 13 426 111 370 168 379 159 271 266 286 251 364 174

27,314,992 35,590,472 26,022,752 34,226,731 24,108,157 43,129,484 27,178,188 31,785,480 31,275,166 47,169,911 29,170,183 40,380,763 39,147,973 43,899,248 36,481,435 54,455,075 37,577,185 48,886,097 41,809,074 44,908,889 39,104,545 47,402,357 39,198,755 50,456,002 50,999,897 62,028,285 59,028,109 63,093,832 55,851,014

16.8%

86.1% 13.7%

56.4% 40.8%

90.3% 9.7%

55.9% 35.5%

96.7% 3.2%

55.2% 44.6%

90.9% 9.1%

97.6% 2.4%

79.2% 20.6%

68.8% 31.2%

70.4% 29.6%

50.5% 49.5% 53.2% 46.7%

67.7% 32.3%

Note: Some results do not add up to 100% or to the total electoral votes. This is because in some elections more than tw

Popular Vote %

55.9%

Total Electoral Votes

Total Popular Votes

366

6,431,257

369

8,401,497

369

9,199,666

401

10,085,090

401

11,374,890

444

12,038,187

51.1% 47.0% 52.8% 46.5%

447

13,768,739

447

13,672,369

58.2%

476

13,115,725

483

14,490,932

531

11,309,245

50.0% 46.8%

531

18,252,940

61.6%

531

26,217,352

531

28,933,458

531

36,676,053

531

37,293,414

531

44,618,900

531

49,648,915

531

47,689,307

531

48,643,659

531

61,251,226

44.1%

48.0% 51.0% 48.4% 48.3% 48.7% 48.1% 47.8% 48.7% 46.2% 43.0%

38.8%

53.0% 44.2%

55.6% 36.5%

34.9%

54.3% 29.0%

58.3% 40.9%

57.4% 40.3%

62.2% 37.4%

54.9% 44.9%

53.7% 46.1%

49.7% 45.2%

55.4%

44.6%

57.8%

531

61,613,224

537

58,334,888

538

70,307,672

538

72,967,119

538

77,439,576

50.3% 48.8% 51.0% 42.4%

538

80,285,367

538

86,100,120

59.2%

538

92,032,260

538

90,695,171

538

103,755,701

538

94,686,514

537

104,338,854

538

121,056,394

538

118,944,846

42.2%

58.7% 41.3%

61.3% 38.7%

43.6% 42.9%

60.9% 37.7%

40.8%

53.9% 46.1% 43.3% 37.7%

50.1% 41.4%

48.4% 48.9% 51.2% 48.8% 53.0% 47.0%

ome elections more than two parties received votes.