United States presidential election summary

The following is a summary of United States presidential elections since 1828.

YearDemocratic[lower-alpha 1]Republican[lower-alpha 2]OtherTotalTurn
-out
[1][lower-alpha 3]		Majority[lower-alpha 4]
Popular VotesEC VotesPopular VotesEC VotesPopular VotesEC VotesPopular
Votes		EC
Votes		Popular
Votes[lower-alpha 5]		EC
Votes
No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%
2020[2]81,268,92451.31%306[3]56.88%74,216,15446.86%23243.12%2,898,3251.83%00.00%158,383,403538%7,052,77074
2016[4]65,853,51448.18%22742.19%62,984,82846.09%30456.51%7,830,9345.73%71.30%136,669,27653855.67%-2,868,68677
2012[5]65,915,79551.06%33261.71%60,933,50447.20%20638.29%2,236,1111.73%00.00%129,085,41053854.87%4,982,291126
2008[6]69,498,51652.93%36567.84%59,948,32345.65%17332.16%1,866,9811.42%00.00%131,313,82053858.23%9,550,193192
2004[7]59,028,44448.27%25146.65%62,040,61050.73%28653.16%1,226,2911.00%10.19%122,295,34553856.70%3,012,16635
2000[8][9]50,999,89748.38%26649.44%50,456,00247.87%27150.37%3,949,2013.75%10.19%105,405,10053851.21%-543,8955
1996[10][11]47,402,35749.24%37970.45%39,198,75540.71%15929.55%9,676,52210.05%00.00%96,277,63453849.00%8,203,602220
1992[12]44,909,88943.01%37068.77%39,104,54537.45%16831.23%20,412,22519.55%00.00%104,426,65953855.24%5,805,344202
1988[13]41,809,07445.65%11120.63%48,886,09753.37%42679.18%899,6380.98%10.19%91,594,80953850.15%7,077,023315
1984[14]37,577,18540.56%132.42%54,455,07558.77%52597.58%620,5820.67%00.00%92,652,84253853.27%16,877,890512
1980[15]35,480,11541.01%499.11%43,903,23050.75%48990.89%7,126,3338.24%00.00%86,509,67853852.56%8,423,115440
1976[16]40,831,88150.08%29755.20%39,148,63448.01%24044.61%1,560,2651.91%10.19%81,540,78053853.55%1,683,24757
1972[17]29,173,22237.52%173.16%47,168,71060.67%52096.65%1,402,0981.80%10.19%77,744,03053855.21%17,995,488503
1968[18]31,271,83942.72%19135.50%31,783,78343.42%30155.95%10,144,37713.86%468.55%73,199,99953860.84%511,944110
1964[19]43,129,04061.05%48690.33%27,175,75438.47%529.67%336,7450.48%00.00%70,641,53953861.92%15,953,286434
1960[20]34,220,98449.72%30356.42%34,108,15749.55%21940.78%503,3420.73%152.79%68,832,48353762.77%112,82784
1956[21]26,028,02841.97%7313.75%35,579,18057.37%45786.06%414,7710.67%10.19%62,021,97953160.60%9,551,152384
1952[22]27,375,09044.33%8916.76%34,075,52955.18%44283.24%301,3230.49%00.00%61,751,94253163.30%6,700,439353
1948[23]24,179,34749.55%30357.06%21,991,29245.07%18935.59%2,624,0715.38%397.34%48,793,53553153.00%2,188,055114
1944[24]25,612,91653.39%43281.36%22,017,92945.89%9918.64%346,2470.72%00.00%47,977,09253155.90%3,594,987333
1940[25]27,314,44954.72%44984.56%22,348,34344.77%8215.44%250,0600.50%00.00%49,912,85253162.50%4,966,106367
1936[26]27,757,43160.80%52398.49%16,683,57436.54%81.51%1,213,3832.66%00.00%45,654,38853161.00%11,073,857515
1932[27]22,821,51357.41%47288.89%15,761,53239.65%5911.11%1,169,4092.94%00.00%39,752,45453156.90%7,059,981413
1928[28]15,015,86340.79%8716.38%21,428,58458.22%44483.62%364,5140.99%00.00%36,808,96153156.90%6,412,721357
1924[29]8,384,34128.82%13625.61%15,719,06854.03%38271.94%4,989,21517.15%132.45%29,092,62453148.90%7,334,727246
1920[30]9,140,25634.12%12723.92%16,166,12660.35%40476.08%1,481,8435.53%00.00%26,788,22553149.20%7,025,870277
1916[31]9,130,86149.25%27752.17%8,549,70046.11%25447.83%860,7574.64%00.00%18,541,31853161.60%581,16123
1912[32]6,294,28441.83%43581.92%3,487,93723.18%81.51%5,263,32534.98%8816.57%15,045,54653158.80%2,173,675347
1908[33]6,409,00743.04%16233.54%7,678,17451.57%32166.46%801,9285.39%00.00%14,889,10948365.40%1,269,167159
1904[34]5,084,53737.59%14029.41%7,630,55756.42%33670.59%810,6655.99%00.00%13,525,75947665.20%2,546,020196
1900[35]6,358,14945.51%15534.68%7,218,28351.66%29265.32%395,4142.83%00.00%13,971,84644773.20%860,134137
1896[36]6,510,80746.71%17639.37%7,112,13851.02%27160.63%315,7292.27%00.00%13,938,67444779.30%601,33195
1892[37]5,553,89846.02%27762.39%5,190,79943.01%14532.66%1,323,33010.97%224.95%12,068,02744474.70%363,099132
1888[38]5,538,16348.63%16841.90%5,443,63347.80%23358.10%407,0503.57%00.00%11,388,84640179.40%-94,53065
1884[39]4,914,48248.85%21954.61%4,856,90348.28%18245.39%288,7602.87%00.00%10,060,14540177.50%57,57937
1880[40]4,444,26748.22%15542.01%4,453,33748.31%21457.99%319,8063.47%00.00%9,217,41036978.00%9,07059
1876[41]4,286,80850.92%18449.86%4,034,14247.92%18550.14%97,7091.16%00.00%8,418,65936981.80%-252,6661
1872[42][lower-alpha 6]00.00%00.00%3,597,43955.58%28681.25%2,874,54444.42%6618.75%6,471,98335271.30%763,729220
1868[43]2,708,98047.34%8027.21%3,013,79052.66%21472.79%460.00%00.00%5,722,81629478.10%304,810134
1864[44]1,806,22744.95%219.01%2,211,31755.03%21290.99%6580.02%00.00%4,018,20223373.80%405,090191
1860[45]1,381,94429.52%123.96%1,855,99339.65%18059.41%1,443,33030.83%11136.63%4,681,26730381.20%1,004,149108
1856[46]1,835,14045.29%17458.78%1,340,66833.09%11438.51%875,79721.62%82.70%4,051,60529678.90%494,47260
1852[47]1,605,94350.83%25485.81%1,386,41843.88%4214.19%167,2795.29%00.00%3,159,64029669.60%219,525212
1848[48]1,222,35342.49%12743.79%1,360,23547.28%16356.21%294,23010.23%00.00%2,876,81829072.70%137,88236
1844[49]1,339,57049.54%17061.82%1,300,15748.09%10538.18%64,1372.37%00.00%2,703,86427578.90%39,41365
1840[50]1,129,64546.82%6020.41%1,275,58352.87%23479.59%7,4660.31%00.00%2,412,69429480.20%145,938174
1836[51][lower-alpha 7]763,29150.79%17057.82%549,90736.59%7324.83%189,61312.62%5117.35%1,502,81129457.80%213,38497
1832[52]702,73554.74%21976.57%474,10736.93%4917.13%106,8788.33%186.29%1,283,72028655.40%228,628170
1828[53]642,80655.93%17868.20%501,96743.68%8331.80%4,4430.39%00.00%1,149,21626157.60%140,83995

Notes
  1. Northern Democrats 1860.
  2. National Republican Party 1828-32; Whig Party 1836-1852; National Union Party 1864.
  3. Turnout prior to 1960 is rounded to one decimal place.
  4. Majority of winning candidate over second placed candidate in terms of electoral college votes. In 1860 the second placed candidate was not second placed in terms of popular votes.
  5. Negative numbers indicate winning candidate won absolute majority of electoral college votes but lost the popular vote.
  6. At the 1872 election the Democratic Party did not field its own candidate but instead supported Liberal Republican Party candidate Horace Greeley.
  7. At the 1836 election the Whig Party fielded four candidates - only the leading candidate's (William Henry Harrison) votes are included in the "Republican" columns, the other three Whig candidates votes are included under "Other".

References
  1. "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections: 1828 - 2012". The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara.
  2. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2020presgeresults.pdf
  3. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/2020-election-congress-electoral-college-vote-count/index.html
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  16. "1976 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  17. "1968 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  18. "1972 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  19. "1964 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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  21. "1956 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  22. "1952 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  23. "1948 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  24. "1944 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  25. "1940 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  26. "1936 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  27. "1932 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  28. "1928 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  29. "1924 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  30. "1920 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  31. "1916 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  32. "1912 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  33. "1908 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  34. "1904 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  35. "1900 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  36. "1896 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  37. "1892 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  38. "1888 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  39. "1884 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  40. "1880 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  41. "1876 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  42. "1872 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  43. "1868 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  44. "1864 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  45. "1860 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  46. "1856 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  47. "1852 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  48. "1848 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  49. "1844 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  50. "1840 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  51. "1836 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  52. "1832 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  53. "1828 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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