Presidential Elections 1788 to present
Year party         Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote party         Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote party         Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote party         Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote party         Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote
1789 (no party) 1 Washington 69 50.0% -2 - (no party) Adams3 34 24.6% - - (no party) Jay 9 6.5% - - (no party) Harrison 6 4.3% - - (no party) (others) 20 14.5% - -
1792 (no party) Washington 132 50.0% - - (no party) Adams 77 29.2% - - (no party) G. Clinton 50 18.9% - - (no party) Jefferson 4 1.5% - - (no party) Burr 1 0.4% - -
17964 Federalist Adams 71 25.8% - - Demo.-Republican Jefferson 68 24.7% - - Federalist T. Pinckney 59 21.5% - - Demo.-Republican Burr 30 10.9% - - (no party) (others) 47 17.1% - -
1800 Demo.-Repub. Jefferson 73 26.4% - - Demo.-Republican Burr 73 26.4% - - Federalist Adams 65 23.6% - - Federalist C.C. Pinckney 64 23.2% - - Federalist Jay 1 0.4% - -
18045 Demo.-Repub. Jefferson/G. Clinton 162 92.0% - - Federalist C.C. Pinckney/King 14 8.0% - -                
1808 Demo.-Repub. Madison/G. Clinton 122 69.7% - - Federalist C.C. Pinckney/King 47 26.9% - - Demo.-Repub. G. Clinton 6 3.4% - -           
1812 Demo.-Repub. Madison/Gerry 128 59.0% - - Federalist D. Clinton/Ingersoll 89 41.0% - -                
1816 Demo.-Repub. Monroe/Tompkins 183 82.8% - - Federalist King/Howard 34 15.4% - - --- (not voting) 4 1.8% - -           
1820 Demo.-Repub. Monroe/Tompkins 231 98.3% - - Ind. Repub. J.Q. Adams/Stockton 1 0.4% - - --- (not voting) 3 1.3% - -           
18246 Demo.-Repub. J.Q. Adams/Calhoun 84 32.2% 109K 30.5% Demo.-Repub. Jackson/Sanford 99 37.9% 154K 43.1% Demo.-Repub. Crawford/Macon 41 15.7% 47K 13.2% Demo.-Repub. Clay/ 37 14.2% 47K 13.2%      
1828 Democrat Jackson/Calhoun 178 68.2% 647K 56.0% Nat'l.-Repub. J.Q. Adams/Rush 83 31.8% 508K 44.0%                
1832 Democrat Jackson/Van Buren 219 76.6% 687K 46.7% Nat'l.-Repub. Clay/Sergeant 49 17.1% 530K 36.0% Anti-Masonic Wirt/Ellmaker 7 2.4% 255K 17.3% Nat'l.-Repub. Floyd/Lee 11 3.8% 0K 0.0%      
1836 Democrat Van Buren/R. Johnson 170 57.8% 763K 45.3% Whig 7 W. Harrison/Granger 73 24.8% 736K 43.7% Whig White, Webster, Mangum 51 17.3% 187K 11.1%           
1840 Whig W. Harrison/Tyler 234 79.6% 1.27M 52.9% Democrat Van Buren/R. Johnson 60 20.4% 1.13M 47.1%                
1844 Democrat Polk/Dallas 170 61.8% 1.34M 49.6% Whig Clay/Freylinghuysen 105 38.2% 1.30M 48.1% Liberty Birney 0 0.0% 62K 2.3%           
1848 Whig Taylor/Fillmore 163 56.2% 1.36M 47.4% Democrat Cass/Butler 127 43.8% 1.22M 42.5% Free Soil Van Buren/Adams 0 0.0% 291K 10.1%           
1852 Democrat Pierce/King 254 85.8% 1.60M 50.9% Whig Scott/Graham 42 14.2% 1.39M 44.2% Free Soil Hale/Julian 0 0.0% 156K 5.0%           
1856 Democrat Buchanan/Breckenridge 174 58.8% 1.84M 45.4% Republican Fremont/Dayton 114 38.5% 1.34M 33.1% American Fillmore/Donelson 8 2.7% 0.87M 21.5%           
1860 Republican Lincoln/Hamlin 180 59.4% 1.87M 37.7% Democrat 8 Breckenridge/Lane 72 23.8% 0.85M 17.1% Constitional Union Bell/Everett 39 12.9% 0.87M 17.5% Democrat Douglas/Fitzpatrick 12 4.0% 1.37M 27.6%      
1864 Republican Lincoln/Johnson 212 91.0% 2.21M 55.1% Democrat McClellan/Pendleton 21 9.0% 1.80M 44.9%                
1868 Republican Grant/Colfax 214 72.8% 3.01M 52.7% Democrat Seymour/Blair,Jr. 80 27.2% 2.70M 47.3%                
1872 Republican Grant/Wilson 286 81.2% 3.60M 55.7% Democrat Greeley/Gratzbrown 3 0.9% 2.83M 43.8% --- (others) 63 17.9% 35K 0.5%           
18769 Republican Hayes/Wheeler 185 50.1% 4.04M 48.4% Democrat Tilden/Hendricks 184 49.9% 4.30M 51.6%                
1880 Republican Garfield/Arthur 214 58.0% 4.45M 48.3% Democrat Hancock/English 155 42.0% 4.45M 48.3% Greenback-Labor Weaver/Chambers 0 0.0% 306K 3.3%           
1884 Democrat Cleveland/Hendricks 219 54.6% 4.87M 48.5% Republican Blaine/Logan 182 45.4% 4.85M 48.3% Prohibition St.John/Daniel 0 0.0% 0.33M 3.3%           
1888 Republican B.Harrison/Morton 233 58.1% 5.44M 47.8% Democrat Cleveland/Thurman 168 41.9% 5.54M 48.6% Prohibition Fisk/Brooks 0 0.0% 0.21M 1.8% Union Labor Streeter/Cuningham 0 0.0% 0.20M 1.8%      
1892 Democrat Cleveland/Stevenson 277 62.4% 5.56M 46.1% Republican B. Harrison/Reid 145 32.7% 5.18M 43.0% People's Weaver/Field 22 5.0% 1.03M 8.5% Prohibition Bidwell/Cranfill 0 0.0% 0.29M 2.4%      
1896 Republican McKinley/Hobart 271 60.6% 7.10M 51.0% Democrat Bryan/Sewall 176 39.4% 6.50M 46.7% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.32M 2.3%           
1900 Republican McKinley/T. Roosevelt 292 65.3% 7.21M 53.0% Democrat-Populist Bryan/Stevenson 155 34.7% 6.36M 46.7% Socialist Debs/Harriman 0 0.0% 0.022M 0.2% Prohibition Woolley/Metcalf 0 0.0% 0.018M 0.1%      
1904 Republican T. Roosevelt/Fairbanks 336 70.6% 7.62M 56.1% Democrat Parker/H. Davis 140 29.4% 5.08M 37.4% Socialist Debs/Hanford 0 0.0% 0.41M 3.0% Prohibition Swallow/Carroll 0 0.0% 0.29M 2.1% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.18M 1.3%
1908 Republican Taft/Sherman 321 66.5% 7.68M 52.0% Democrat Bryan/Kern 162 33.5% 6.41M 43.4% Socialist Debs/Hanford 0 0.0% 0.42M 2.8% Prohibition Chafin/Watkins 0 0.0% 0.25M 1.7%      
191210 Democrat Wilson/Marshall 435 81.9% 6.30M 42.0% Progressive T. Roosevelt/Johnson 88 16.6% 4.12M 27.4% Republican Taft/Sherman 8 1.5% 3.48M 23.2% Socialist Debs/Seidel 0 0.0% 0.90M 6.0% Prohibition Chafin/Watkins 0 0.0% 0.21M 1.4%
1916 Democrat Wilson/Marshall 277 52.2% 9.13M 49.4% Republican Hughes/Fairbanks 254 47.8% 8.54M 46.2% Socialist Benson/Kirkpatrick 0 0.0% 0.59M 3.2% Prohibition Hanly/Landrith 0 0.0% 0.22M 1.2%      
1920 Republican Harding/Coolidge 404 76.1% 16.2M 60.6% Democrat Cox/F.Roosevelt 127 23.9% 9.15M 34.2% Socialist Debs/Stedman 0 0.0% 0.91M 3.4% Farmer-Labor Christenson/Hayes 0 0.0% 0.27M 1.0% Prohibition Watkins/? 0 0.0% 0.19M 0.7%
1924 Republican Coolidge/Dawes 382 71.9% 15.7M 54.3% Democrat Davis/C.W. Bryan 136 25.6% 8.39M 29.0% Progressive LaFollette/Wheeler 13 2.4% 4.82M 16.7%           
1928 Republican Hoover/Curtis 444 83.6% 21.4M 58.2% Democrat Smith/Robinson 87 16.4% 15.0M 40.8% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.34M 0.9%           
1932 Democrat F. Roosevelt/Garner 472 88.9% 22.8M 57.3% Republican Hoover/Curtis 59 11.1% 15.8M 39.7% Socialist Thomas/Mauer 0 0.0% 0.89M 2.2% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.27M 0.7%      
1936 Democrat F. Roosevelt/Garner 523 98.5% 27.8M 60.8% Republican Landon/Knox 8 1.5% 16.7M 36.5% Union Lemke/O'Brien 0 0.0% 0.89M 1.9% Socialist Thomas/Nelson 0 0.0% 0.19M 0.4% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.12M 0.3%
1940 Democrat F. Roosevelt/Wallace 449 84.6% 27.2M 54.7% Republican Willkie/McNary 82 15.4% 22.3M 44.9% Socialist Thomas/Krueger 0 0.0% 0.12M 0.2% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.08M 0.2%      
1944 Democrat F. Roosevelt/Truman 432 81.4% 25.6M 53.4% Republican Dewey/Bricker 99 18.6% 22.0M 45.9% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.34M 0.7%           
1948 Democrat Truman/Barkley 303 57.1% 24.1M 49.6% Republican Dewey/Warren 189 35.6% 22.0M 45.3% State's Rights Thurmond/Wright 39 7.3% 1.17M 2.4% Progressive H. Wallace/Taylor 0 0.0% 1.16M 2.4% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.14M 0.3%
1952 Republican Eisenhower/Nixon 442 83.2% 33.8M 55.0% Democrat Stevenson, Jr./Sparkman 89 16.8% 27.3M 44.5% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.30M 0.5%           
1956 Republican Eisenhower/Nixon 457 86.1% 35.6M 57.7% Democrat Stevenson, Jr./Kefauver 73 13.7% 25.7M 41.6% State's Rights Jones/Talmadge 1 0.2% 0.41M 0.7%           
1960 Democrat Kennedy/Johnson 303 56.4% 34.2M 49.7% Republican Nixon/Lodge 219 40.8% 34.1M 49.6% Independent Byrd/Thurmond&Goldwater 15 2.8% 0.50M 0.7%           
1964 Democrat Johnson/Humphrey 486 90.3% 42.8M 60.9% Republican Goldwater/Miller 52 9.7% 27.1M 38.6% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.37M 0.5%           
1968 Republican Nixon/Agnew 301 55.9% 31.7M 43.1% Democrat Humphrey/Muskie 191 35.5% 30.9M 42.1% Amer. Ind. G. Wallace/LeMay 46 8.6% 9.91M 13.5% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.97M 1.3%      
1972 Republican Nixon/Agnew 520 96.7% 46.7M 60.7% Democrat McGovern/[Eagleton]Shriver 17 3.2% 28.9M 37.5% Libertarian Hospers/Nathan 1 0.2% 0.00M 0.0% Amer. Ind. Schmitz/Anderson 0 0.0% 1.10M 1.4% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.28M 0.4%
1976 Democrat Carter/Mondale 297 55.2% 40.8M 50.1% Republican Ford/Dole 240 44.6% 39.1M 48.0% (minor) (others) 1 0.2% 1.58M 1.9%           
1980 Republican Reagan/Bush 489 90.9% 43.9M 50.9% Democrat Carter/Mondale 49 9.1% 35.5M 41.1% Independent Anderson/Lucey 0 0.0% 5.72M 6.6% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 1.16M 1.3%      
1984 Republican Reagan/Bush 525 97.6% 54.5M 58.8% Democrat Mondale/Ferraro 13 2.4% 37.6M 40.6% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.61M 0.7%           
1988 Republican Bush/Quayle 426 79.2% 48.9M 53.4% Democrat Dukakis/Bentsen 111 20.6% 41.8M 45.6% Democrat Bentsen/Dukakis11 1 0.2% 0 0.0% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.90M 1.0%      
1992 Democrat W. Clinton/Gore 370 68.8% 44.9M 43.0% Republican Bush/Quayle 168 31.2% 39.1M 37.4% Reform Perot/Stockdale 0 0.0% 19.7M 18.8% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.83M 0.8%      
1996 Democrat W. Clinton/Gore 379 70.4% 47.4M 49.4% Republican Dole/Kemp 159 29.6% 39.2M 40.8% Reform Perot/Choate 0 0.0% 8.09M 8.4% Green Nader/LaDuke 0 0.0% 0.68M 0.7% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.67M 0.7%
200012 Republican Bush, Jr./Cheney 271 50.5% 50.5M 47.9% Democrat Gore/Lieberman 266 49.5% 51.0M 48.4% Green Nader/LaDuke 0 0.0% 2.88M 2.7% Reform Buchanan/Foster 0 0.0% 0.45M 0.4% (minor) (others) 0 0.0% 0.62M 0.6%
2004 Republican Bush, Jr./Cheney 286 53.2% 59.46M 51.3% Democrat Kerry/Edwards 252 46.8% 55.95M 48.3% Independent Nader/Camejo 0 0.0% 401K 0.3% Green Cobb/LaMarche 0 0.0% 0.0%      
200813 Democrat Obama/Biden 365 67.8% 65.4M 52.6% Republican McCain/Palin 173 32.1% 57.4M 46.1% Peace&Freedom Nader/Gonzalez 0 0.0% 0.68M 0.5% Libertarian Barr/Root 0 0.0% 0.49M 0.4% Green McKinney/Clemente 0 0.0% - -
2012 Democrat Obama/Biden 332 61.7% 65.9M 51.1% Republican Romney/Ryan 206 38.3% 60.9M 47.2% Libertarian Johnson/Gray 0 0.0% 1.28M 0.99% Green Stein/Honkala 0 0.0% .47M 0.36%      
2016 Republican Trump/Pence 304 56.5% 63.0M 46.7% Democrat H. Clinton/Kaine 227 41.7% 65.9M 48.9% Libertarian Johnson/Weld 0 0.0% 4.44M 3.29% Green Stein/Baraka 0 0.0% 1.46M 1.08%      
2020 Democrat Biden/Harris 279 51.8% 75.2M 50.6% Republican Trump/Pence 214 39.8% 70.8M 47.7% undecided 4514 8.3% - -

Footnotes:

1. Formal party designations did not exist until after the 1792 election.
2. Popular vote totals were not retained until the 1824 election.
3. Before the 12th amendment (1804), the Vice-President was the second-place finisher.
4. In this election, the President and Vice-President victors were political enemies, leading to the eventual passage of the 12th amendment that required separate ballots for the two offices.
5. Starting in 1804, parties chose the Vice-Presidential candidate according to a "balancing" formula -- choose someone whose views would appeal to a different set of voters. This formula failed in 1828, when John Calhoun was chosen to balance Andrew Jackson. Their differences led to Calhoun's resignation in 1830.
6. Each of the four candidates had strong followings. Jackson received more votes than the next two, Adams and Crawford, combined -- but no one received a clear majority in the Electoral vote. By the 12th Amendment, the House of Representatives had to choose among the top three. Clay, who ran fourth, threw his support to Adams who eventually won. Adams then rewarded Clay by appointing him Secretary of State, a choice Cabinet plum.
7. The Whig party ran four regional candidates, hoping that no candidate would get a majority in the Electoral College, thus throwing the election into the House. The Whigs thought that they could prevail there. The strategy backfired as the Whig vote was badly split.
8. Rival factions in the Democratic party nominated separate candidates. The Southern faction nominated John Breckenridge, whilst the Northern faction chose Stephen Douglas. The resulting split vote allowed the Republican, Abraham Lincoln, to win.
9. The notorious "stolen" election of 1876. Tilden received a majority of the popular vote *and* a majority of the electoral college vote. But the Republican party contested the results in Mississippi. They stacked a "commission" with cronies, who decided in favor of Hayes. The resultant 25 vote swing won the election for Hayes.
10. Theodore Roosevelt broke from Taft and the establishment Republicans, forming the Progressive party. The split allowed the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson to be elected.
11. One elector felt that the Democrats should have reversed the ticket.
12. Minority president, Gore received more popular votes than did Bush, but Bush had the Electoral college majority. Some vote anomolies in Florida, with its 25 electoral votes, were never fully cleared up, leaving the result in question. Interesting numerical coincidence with the number of Mississippi electoral votes in 1876.
13. Missouri's 11 electoral votes undecided as of November 10, 2008. UPDATE: eventually, McCain won the state by 4,000 votes. As the result did not affect the election outcome, no recount was ordered.
14. As of November 8, 2020, Arizona (11), Georgia (16), North Carolina (15) and Alaska (3) vote count incomplete due to large percentage of mail-in ballots.

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