| Year |
Presidential Candidates
(winner in bold) |
Political Parties* |
Electoral Votes** |
Popular Votes |
VP Candidates
(winner in bold) |
| 2012 |
Barack Obama (44th Pres.)
Mitt Romney
Virgil Goode
Gary Johnson
Jill Stein |
Democratic
Republican
Constitution
Libertarian
Green |
332
206
0
0
0 |
65,899,660
60,932,152
122,001
1,275,804
469,501 |
Joe Biden
Paul Ryan
Jim Clymer
James P. Gray
Cheri Honkala |
|
| 2008 |
Barack Obama (44th Pres.)
John McCain
Ralph Nader
Bob Barr
Chuck Baldwin
Cynthia McKinney |
Democratic
Republican
Independent
Libertarian
Constitution
Green |
365
173
0
0
0
0 |
69,456,897
59,934,814
738,475
523,686
199,314
161,603 |
Joe Biden
Sarah Palin
Matt Gonzalez
Wayne Root
Darrell Castle
Rosa Clemente |
|
|
2004 |
George W. Bush (43rd)
John Kerry
Ralph Nader
Michael Badnarik
Michael Peroutka
David Cobb |
Republican
Democratic
Independent
Libertarian
Constitution
Green |
286
251*
0
0
0
0 |
62,040,610
59,028,439
463,655
397,265
144,499
119,859 |
Dick Cheney
John Edwards
Peter Camejo
Richard Campagna
Charles Baldwin
Pat LaMarche |
|
*One elector from Minnesota cast a vote for John Edwards. |
|
|
2000 |
George W. Bush (43rd)
Al Gore
Ralph Nader
Pat Buchanan
Harry Browne |
Republican
Democratic
Green
Reform
Libertarian |
271
266*
0
0
0 |
50,456,002
50,999,897**
2,882,955
448,895
384,431 |
Dick Cheney
Joe Lieberman
Winona LaDuke
Ezola B. Foster
Art Olivier
|
|
*One elector from the District of Columbia left her ballot blank to protest the city's lack of representation in Congress. |
|
**Although Gore received more popular votes, Bush received more electoral votes and therefore won the presidency. |
|
|
1996 |
Bill Clinton (42nd)
Bob Dole
Ross Perot
Ralph Nader
Harry Browne
Howard Phillips |
Democratic
Republican
Reform
Green
Libertarian
Taxpayers |
379
159
0
0
0
0 |
45,590,703
37,816,307
7,866,284
685,128
485,798
184,820 |
Al Gore
Jack Kemp
Pat Choate
Winona LaDuke
Jo Jorgensen
Herbert Titus
|
|
|
1992 |
Bill Clinton (42nd)
George H.W. Bush
Ross Perot
Andre Marrou
James "Bo" Gritz |
Democratic
Republican
Independent
Libertarian
Populist |
370
168
0
0
0 |
44,909,326
39,103,882
19,741,657
291,627
107,014 |
Al Gore
Dan Quayle
James Stockdale
Nancy Lord
Cy Minett |
|
|
|
1988 |
George H.W. Bush (41st)
Michael Dukakis
Lloyd Bentsen*
Ron Paul
Lenora Fulani |
Republican
Democratic
Democratic
Libertarian
New Alliance |
426
111
1
0
0 |
48,886,597
41,809,476
none*
431,750
217,221 |
Dan Quayle
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Michael S. Dukakis*
Andre V. Marrou
Joyce Dattner |
|
*One elector voted for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as Vice President as a statement against the US Electoral College. |
|
|
1984 |
Ronald Reagan (40th)
Walter Mondale
David Bergland
|
Republican
Democratic
Libertarian |
525
13
0
|
54,455,075
37,577,185
228,111 |
George H.W. Bush
Geraldine Ferraro
Jim Lewis
|
|
|
1980 |
Ronald Reagan (40th)
Jimmy Carter
John Anderson
Edward Clark
Barry Commoner |
Republican
Democratic
Independent
Libertarian
Citizens |
489
49
0
0
0 |
43,904,153
35,483,883
5,719,437
920,049
232,538 |
George H.W. Bush
Walter Mondale
Patrick Lucey
David Koch
LaDonna Harris
|
|
|
1976 |
Jimmy Carter (39th)
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan*
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger MacBride
Lester Maddox
Thomas J. Anderson |
Democratic
Republican
Republican
Independent
Libertarian
Amer.-Independent
American |
297
240
1
0
0
0
0 |
40,830,763
39,147,793
none*
756,631
172,553
170,274
158,271 |
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Bob Dole
None
David Bergland
William Dyke
Rufus Shackelford |
|
*Reagan was not in the race; a sole elector from Washington gave him a vote. |
|
|
|
Republican |
none |
none |
Nelson Rockefeller*
|
|
*Nixon resigned as President Aug. 9, 1974. He was succeeded by Gerald Ford. |
|
**Rockefeller became Vice President under the provisions of the 25th Amendment: "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress." |
|
|
|
1972 |
Richard Nixon (37th)
George McGovern
John Hospers
John Schmitz |
Republican
Democratic
Libertarian
American |
520
17
1
0
|
47,169,911
29,170,383
3,674
1,100,868 |
Spiro Agnew*
Sargent Shriver
Theodora Nathan
Thomas J. Anderson
|
|
*Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President Oct. 10, 1973. He was succeeded by Gerald Ford. |
|
|
1968 |
Richard Nixon (37th)
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace |
Republican
Democratic
American Independent |
301
191
46 |
31,785,480
31,275,166
9,906,473 |
Spiro Agnew
Edmund Muskie
Curtis LeMay
|
|
|
1964 |
Lyndon Johnson (36th)
Barry Goldwater |
Democratic
Republican |
486
52 |
43,129,566
27,178,188 |
Hubert Humphrey
William Miller
|
|
|
1960 |
John F. Kennedy* (35th)
Richard Nixon
Harry F. Byrd |
Democratic
Republican
Independent |
303
219
15 |
34,226,731
34,108,157
none |
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Lodge
Strom Thurmond
|
|
*Kennedy was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963. He was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson, who became the 36th President of the United States. |
|
|
1956 |
Dwight Eisenhower (34th)
Adlai Stevenson
Walter Jones
T. Coleman Andrews |
Republican
Democratic
Democratic
State's Rights |
457
73
1
0 |
35,590,472
26,022,752
none
107,929 |
Richard Nixon
Estes Kefauver
Herman Talmadge
Thomas Werdel
|
|
|
|
1952 |
Dwight Eisenhower (34th)
Adlai Stevenson
Vincent Hallinan |
Republican
Democratic
Progressive |
442
89
0 |
33,936,234
27,314,992
140,746 |
Richard Nixon
John Sparkman
Charlotta Bass
|
|
|
1948 |
Harry S. Truman (33rd)
Thomas Dewey
Strom Thurmond
Henry Wallace
Norman Thomas
Claude A. Watson |
Democratic
Republican
State's Rights
Progressive
Socialist
Prohibition |
303
189
39
0
0
0 |
24,179,345
21,991,291
1,169,021
1,157,172
139,569
103,708 |
Alben Barkley
Earl Warren
Fielding Wright
Glen Taylor
Tucker Smith
Dale Learn
|
|
|
1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt* (32nd)
Thomas Dewey |
Democratic
Republican |
432
99 |
25,612,610
22,117,617 |
Harry Truman
John Bricker
|
|
*Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage Apr. 12, 1945. He was succeeded by Harry Truman, who became the 33rd President of the United States. |
|
|
1940 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd)
Wendell Willkie
Norman Thomas |
Democratic
Republican
Socialist |
449
82
0 |
27,313,041
22,348,480
116,599 |
Henry Wallace
Charles McNary
Maynard Krueger
|
|
|
1936 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd)
Alfred Landon
William Lemke
Norman Thomas |
Democratic
Republican
Union
Socialist |
523
8
0
0 |
27,757,333
16,684,231
892,378
187,910 |
John Garner
Frank Knox
Thomas O'Brian
George Nelson
|
|
|
|
1932 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd)
Herbert C. Hoover
Norman Thomas
William Foster |
Democratic
Republican
Socialist
Communist |
472
59
0
0 |
22,829,501
15,760,684
884,781
103,307 |
John Garner
Charles Curtis
James Maurer
James Ford
|
|
|
1928 |
Herbert C. Hoover (31st)
Alfred E. Smith
Norman Thomas |
Republican
Democratic
Socialist |
444
87
0 |
21,437,277
15,007,698
267,478 |
Charles Curtis
Joseph Robinson
James Maurer
|
|
|
1924 |
Calvin Coolidge (30th)
John Davis
Robert LaFollette |
Republican
Democratic
Progressive |
382
136
13 |
15,719,921
8,386,704
4,822,856 |
Charles Dawes
Charles Bryan
Burton Wheeler
|
|
|
1920 |
Warren G. Harding* (29th)
James Cox
Eugene Debs
Parley Christiansen
Aaron Watkins |
Republican
Democratic
Socialist
Farmer-Labor
Prohibition |
404
127
0
0
0 |
16,153,115
9,133,092
913,693
265,398
188,787 |
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seymour Stedman
Maximilian Hayes
David Colvin
|
|
*Harding died of a heart attack on Aug. 12, 1923. He was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge, who became the 30th President of the United States. |
|
|
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson (28th)
Charles Hughes
Allan Benson
James Hanly |
Democratic
Republican
Socialist
Prohibition |
277
254
0
0 |
9,126,300
8,546,789
590,524
221,302 |
Thomas Marshall
Charles Fairbanks
George Kirkpatrick
Ira Landrith
|
|
|
|
1912 |
Woodrow Wilson (28th)
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Eugene Debs
Eugene Chafin |
Democratic
Progressive
Republican
Socialist
Prohibition |
435
88
8
0
0 |
6,293,152
4,119,207
3,483,922
901,551
208,156 |
Thomas Marshall
Hiram Johnson
Nicholas Butler
Emil Seidel
Aaron Watkins
|
|
|
1908 |
William Taft (27th)
William Bryan
Eugene Debs
Eugene Chafin |
Republican
Democratic
Socialist
Prohibition |
321
162
0
0 |
7,676,258
6,406,801
420,852
254,087 |
James Sherman
John Kern
Benjamin Hanford
Aaron Watkins
|
|
|
1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt (26th)
Alton Parker
Eugene Debs
Silas Swallow
Thomas Watson |
Republican
Democratic
Socialist
Prohibition
Populist |
336
140
0
0
0 |
7,626,593
5,082,898
402,810
259,103
114,062 |
Charles Fairbanks
Henry Davis
Benjamin Hanford
George Carroll
Thomas Tibbles
|
|
|
1900 |
William McKinley (25th)
William Bryan
John Woolley
|
Republican
Democratic
Prohibition
|
292
155
0
|
7,218,039
6,358,345
210,867 |
Theodore Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Henry Metcalf |
|
*McKinley was shot Sep. 6, 1901 and died Sep. 14, 1901. He was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the 26th President of the United States. |
|
|
1896 |
William McKinley (25th)
William Bryan
John Palmer
Joshua Levering |
Republican
Democratic/Populist
National Democrat
Prohibition |
271
176
0
0 |
7,108,480
6,511,495
133,537
124,896 |
Garret Hobart
Arthur Sewall (149) /
Thomas Watson (27)
Simon Buckner
Hale Johnson
|
|
|
|
1892 |
Grover Cleveland (24th)*
Benjamin Harrison
James Baird Weaver
John Bidwell |
Democratic
Republican
Populist
Prohibition |
277
145
22
0 |
5,551,883
5,179,244
1,027,329
270,889 |
Adlai Stevenson
Whitelaw Reid
James Field
James Cranfill
|
|
|
1888 |
Benjamin Harrison (23rd)
Grover Cleveland
Clinton Fisk
Alson Streeter |
Republican
Democratic
Prohibition
Union Labor |
233
168
0
0
|
5,443,892
5,534,488**
250,017
149,115 |
Levi Morton
Allen Thurman
John Brooks
Charles Cunningham
|
|
**Although Cleveland received more popular votes, Harrison received more electoral votes and therefore won the presidency. |
|
|
1884 |
Grover Cleveland (22nd)
James G. Blaine
John St. John
Benjamin Butler |
Democratic
Republican
Prohibition
Greenback |
219
182
0
0 |
4,874,621
4,848,936
150,890
134,294 |
Thomas Hendricks
John Logan
William Daniel
Absolom West
|
|
|
Chester Arthur* (21st) |
Republican |
none |
none |
none**
|
|
*Garfield was shot July 2, 1881 and died Sep. 19, 1881. He was succeeded by Chester Arthur. |
|
**There was no formal process for appointing a replacement Vice President until 1967, when the 25th Amendment was ratified. |
|
|
1880 |
James Garfield (20th)
Winfield S. Hancock
James Baird Weaver |
Republican
Democratic
Greenback |
214
155
0 |
4,446,158
4,444,260
306,135 |
Chester Arthur
William English
Benjamin Chambers
|
|
|
|
1876 |
Rutherford B. Hayes (19th)
Samuel Tilden |
Republican
Democratic |
185
184 |
4,034,311
4,288,546** |
William Wheeler
Thomas Hendricks
|
|
** Although Tilden received more popular votes, Hayes received more electoral votes and therefore won the presidency. |
|
|
1872 |
Ulysses S. Grant (18th)
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
Thomas Hendricks
Charles Jenkins
David Davis |
Republican
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Liberal Republican |
286
0
18
42
2
1 |
3,598,235
2,834,761
none
none
none
none |
Henry Wilson
B. Gratz Brown
none
none
none
none
|
|
|
1868 |
Ulysses S. Grant (18th)
Horatio Seymour |
Republican
Democratic |
214
80 |
3,013,650
2,708,744 |
Schuyler Colfax
Francis Blair, Jr.
|
|
|
Andrew Johnson* (17th) |
Republican |
none |
none |
none**
|
|
*Lincoln was assassinated on Apr. 14, 1865. He was succeeded by Andrew Johnson. |
|
**There was no formal process for appointing a replacement Vice President until 1967, when the 25th Amendment was ratified. |
|
|
1864 |
Abraham Lincoln (16th)
George B. McClellan |
Republican
Democratic |
212
21 |
2,218,388
1,812,807 |
Andrew Johnson
George Pendleton
|
|
|
|
1860 |
Abraham Lincoln (16th)
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
Stephen Douglas |
Republican
Southern Democrat
Constitutional Union
Democratic |
180
72
39
12 |
1,865,908
848,019
590,946
1,381,944 |
Hannibal Hamlin
Joseph Lane
Edward Everett
Herschel Johnson
|
|
|
1856 |
James Buchanan (15th)
John Frémont
Millard Fillmore |
Democratic
Republican
Whig-American |
174
114
8 |
1,836,072
1,342,345
872,703 |
John Breckenridge
William Dayton
Andrew Donelson
|
|
|
1852 |
Franklin Pierce (14th)
Winfield Scott
John Hale |
Democratic
Whig
Free Soil |
254
42
0 |
1,607,510
1,386,942
155,799 |
William King
William Graham
George Julian
|
|
|
Millard Fillmore* (13th) |
Whig |
none |
none |
none**
|
|
*Taylor died July 9, 1850 in Washington DC; he became sick after eating cherries and milk at a July 4 celebration. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. |
|
**There was no formal process for appointing a replacement Vice President until 1967, when the 25th Amendment was ratified. |
|
|
1848 |
Zachary Taylor (12th)
Lewis Cass
Martin Van Buren |
Whig
Democratic
Free Soil |
163
127
0 |
1,361,393
1,223,460
291,47 |
Millard Fillmore
William O. Butler
Charles F. Adams
|
|
|
|
1844 |
James K. Polk (11th)
Henry Clay |
Democratic
Whig |
170
105 |
1,339,494
1,300,004 |
George M. Dallas
Theodore Frelinghuysen
|
|
|
John Tyler* (10th) |
Whig |
none |
none |
none**
|
|
*Harrison died of pneumonia on Apr. 4, 1841. He was succeeded by John Tyler, who became the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor. |
|
**There was no formal process for appointing a replacement Vice President until 1967, when the 25th Amendment was ratified. |
|
|
1840 |
William Henry Harrison (9th)
Martin Van Buren |
Whig
Democratic |
234
60 |
1,275,390
1,128,854 |
John Tyler (234)*
Richard Johnson (48)
L. W. Tazewell (11)
James K. Polk (1) |
|
*From 1800 to 1840, candidates for President and Vice President ran on separate tickets, resulting in different electoral votes for each office. The number of electoral votes received by each VP candidate is noted in parentheses. |
|
|
1836 |
Martin Van Buren (8th)
William H. Harrison
Hugh L. White
Daniel Webster
William P. Mangum |
Democratic
Whig
Whig
Whig
Whig |
170
73
26
14
11 |
764,176
550,816
146,107
41,201
0 |
Richard Johnson (147)
Francis Granger (77)
John Tyler (47)
William Smith (23)
|
|
|
1832 |
Andrew Jackson (7th)
Henry Clay
John Floyd
William Wirt |
Democratic
Nat'l Republican
Ind. Democrat
Anti-Masonic |
219
49
11
7 |
701,780
484,205
0
99,817 |
Martin Van Buren (189)
John Sergeant (49)
William Wilkens (30)
Henry Lee (30)
Amos Ellmaker
|
|
|
|
1828 |
Andrew Jackson (7th)
John Quincy Adams |
Democratic
Nat'l Republican |
178
83 |
642,553
500,897 |
John Calhoun (171)
Richard Rush (83)
William Smith (7)
|
|
|
1824 |
John Quincy Adams (6th)
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay |
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep. |
84*
91
41
37 |
113,122*
151,271
41,032
47,545 |
John Calhoun (182)
Nathan Sanford (30)
Nathaniel Macon (24)
Andrew Jackson (13)
Martin Van Buren (9)
Henry Clay (2) |
|
*Adams received fewer electoral votes and fewer popular votes than Jackson, but the House of Representatives decided the election because Jackson failed to earn a majority of electoral votes. |
|
|
1820 |
James Monroe (5th)
John Quincy Adams |
Dem.-Rep.
Republican |
231
1 |
No record* |
Daniel Tompkins (218)
Richard Stockton (8)
Daniel Rodney (4)
Robert G. Harper (1)
Richard Rush (1) |
|
*No complete record exists for the popular vote in 1820 or any previous election. A limited number of states held a popular vote to determine electors up to this point. |
|
|
1816 |
James Monroe (5th)
Rufus King |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist |
183
34 |
No record |
Daniel Tompkins (183)
John E. Howard (22)
James Ross (5)
John Marshall (4)
Robert G. Harper (3)
|
|
|
1812 |
James Madison (4th)
De Witt Clinton |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist |
128
89 |
No record |
Elbridge Gerry (131)
Jared Ingersoll (86)
|
|
|
|
1808 |
James Madison (4th)
Charles C. Pinckney
George Clinton |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Dem.-Rep. |
122
47
6 |
No record |
George Clinton (113)
Rufus King (47)
John Langdon (9)
James Monroe (3)
James Madison (3)
|
|
|
1804 |
Thomas Jefferson (3rd)
Charles C. Pinckney |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist |
162
14 |
No record |
George Clinton (162)
Rufus King (14)
|
|
|
1800 |
Thomas Jefferson (3rd)
Aaron Burr
John Adams
Charles C. Pinckney
John Jay |
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist
Federalist |
73*
73
65
64
1 |
No record |
Aaron Burr** |
|
*The tie between Jefferson and Burr was broken by the House of Representatives. |
|
**1800 was the last election before the ratification of the 12th Amendment, which changed the method by which the Vice President was chosen. Prior to 1804, the presidential candidate with the second highest number of electoral votes was appointed as Vice President. |
|
|
1796 |
John Adams (2nd)
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Pinckney
Aaron Burr
Samuel Adams
O. Ellsworth
George Clinton
John Jay
James Iredell
S. Johnston
George Washington
John Henry
Charles C. Pinckney |
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist
Independent
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist
|
71
68
59
30
15
11
7
5
3
2
2
2
1 |
No record |
Thomas Jefferson |
|
|
1792 |
George Washington (1st)
John Adams
George Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
|
Federalist
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
none |
132
77
50
4
1 |
No record |
John Adams |
|
|
1789 |
George Washington (1st)
John Adams
John Jay
Robert H. Harrison
John Rutledge
John Hancock
George Clinton
Samuel Huntington
John Milton
James Armstrong
Benjamin Lincoln
Edward Telfair |
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none |
69
34
9
6
6
4
3
2
2
1
1
1 |
No record |
John Adams |
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**The number of electoral votes apportioned to each State corresponds to the number of US Representatives and Senators in each State. The allotment of electoral votes changes every 10 years depending on the results of the US Census. Visit our page on How to Become the US President for more information on the electoral college.
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