US Presidential Elections 1824-Date
Term |
Year |
Electoral College |
Party |
Pct. of |
Margin |
Pop. vote |
Margin |
Electoral College |
Party |
Voter turnout |
|
|
winner |
|
pop. vote |
(pct.) |
|
|
runner-up |
|
10 |
1824 |
John Quincy Adams |
Democratic-Republican |
30.92% |
−10.44% |
113,142 |
−38,221 |
Andrew Jackson |
Democratic-Republican |
26.90% |
11 |
1828 |
Andrew Jackson |
Jacksonian |
55.93% |
12.25% |
642,806 |
140,839 |
John Quincy Adams |
National Republican |
57.60% |
12 |
1832 |
Andrew Jackson |
Jacksonian |
54.74% |
17.81% |
702,735 |
228,628 |
Henry Clay |
National Republican |
55.40% |
13 |
1836 |
Martin Van Buren |
Democratic |
50.79% |
14.20% |
763,291 |
213,384 |
William Henry Harrison |
Whig |
57.80% |
14 |
1840 |
William Henry Harrison |
Whig |
52.87% |
6.05% |
1,275,583 |
145,938 |
Martin Van Buren |
Democratic |
80.20% |
15 |
1844 |
James Polk |
Democratic |
49.54% |
1.45% |
1,339,570 |
39,413 |
Henry Clay |
Whig |
78.90% |
16 |
1848 |
Zachary Taylor |
Whig |
47.28% |
4.79% |
1,360,235 |
137,882 |
Lewis Cass |
Democratic |
72.70% |
17 |
1852 |
Franklin Pierce |
Democratic |
50.83% |
6.95% |
1,605,943 |
219,525 |
Winfield Scott |
Whig |
69.60% |
18 |
1856 |
James Buchanan |
Democratic |
45.29% |
12.20% |
1,835,140 |
494,472 |
John Frémont |
Republican |
78.90% |
19 |
1860 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Republican |
39.65% |
10.13% |
1,855,993 |
474,049 |
John Breckinridge |
Democratic |
81.20% |
20 |
1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Republican |
55.03% |
10.08% |
2,211,317 |
405,090 |
George McClellan |
Democratic |
73.80% |
21 |
1868 |
Ulysses Grant |
Republican |
52.66% |
5.32% |
3,013,790 |
304,810 |
Horatio Seymour |
Democratic |
78.10% |
22 |
1872 |
Ulysses Grant |
Republican |
55.58% |
11.80% |
3,597,439 |
763,729 |
Horace Greeley |
Liberal Republican |
71.30% |
23 |
1876 |
Rutherford Hayes |
Republican |
47.92% |
−3.00% |
4,034,142 |
−252,666 |
Samuel Tilden |
Democratic |
81.80% |
24 |
1880 |
James Garfield |
Republican |
48.31% |
0.09% |
4,453,337 |
1,898 |
Winfield Scott Hancock |
Democratic |
79.40% |
25 |
1884 |
Grover Cleveland |
Democratic |
48.85% |
0.57% |
4,914,482 |
57,579 |
James Blaine |
Republican |
77.50% |
26 |
1888 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Republican |
47.80% |
−0.83% |
5,443,633 |
−94,530 |
Grover Cleveland |
Democratic |
79.30% |
27 |
1892 |
Grover Cleveland |
Democratic |
46.02% |
3.01% |
5,553,898 |
363,099 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Republican |
74.70% |
28 |
1896 |
William McKinley |
Republican |
51.02% |
4.31% |
7,112,138 |
601,331 |
William Jennings Bryan |
Democratic |
79.30% |
29 |
1900 |
William McKinley |
Republican |
51.64% |
6.12% |
7,228,864 |
857,932 |
William Jennings Bryan |
Democratic |
73.20% |
30 |
1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Republican |
56.42% |
18.83% |
7,630,557 |
2,546,677 |
Alton Brooks Parker |
Democratic |
65.20% |
31 |
1908 |
William Taft |
Republican |
51.57% |
8.53% |
7,678,335 |
1,269,356 |
William Jennings Bryan |
Democratic |
65.40% |
32 |
1912 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Democratic |
41.84% |
14.44% |
6,296,284 |
2,173,563 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Progressive |
58.80% |
33 |
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Democratic |
49.24% |
3.12% |
9,126,868 |
578,140 |
Charles Evans Hughes |
Republican |
61.60% |
34 |
1920 |
Warren Harding |
Republican |
60.32% |
26.17% |
######## |
7,004,432 |
James Cox |
Democratic |
49.20% |
35 |
1924 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Republican |
54.04% |
25.22% |
######## |
7,337,547 |
John Davis |
Democratic |
48.90% |
36 |
1928 |
Herbert Hoover |
Republican |
58.21% |
17.41% |
######## |
6,411,659 |
Al Smith |
Democratic |
56.90% |
37 |
1932 |
Franklin Roosevelt |
Democratic |
57.41% |
17.76% |
######## |
7,060,023 |
Herbert Hoover |
Republican |
56.90% |
38 |
1936 |
Franklin Roosevelt |
Democratic |
60.80% |
24.26% |
######## |
######## |
Alf Landon |
Republican |
61.00% |
39 |
1940 |
Franklin Roosevelt |
Democratic |
54.74% |
9.96% |
######## |
4,966,201 |
Wendell Willkie |
Republican |
62.50% |
40 |
1944 |
Franklin Roosevelt |
Democratic |
53.39% |
7.50% |
######## |
3,594,987 |
Thomas Dewey |
Republican |
55.90% |
41 |
1948 |
Harry Truman |
Democratic |
49.55% |
4.48% |
######## |
2,188,055 |
Thomas Dewey |
Republican |
53.00% |
42 |
1952 |
Dwight Eisenhower |
Republican |
55.18% |
10.85% |
######## |
6,700,439 |
Adlai Stevenson |
Democratic |
63.30% |
43 |
1956 |
Dwight Eisenhower |
Republican |
57.37% |
15.40% |
######## |
9,551,152 |
Adlai Stevenson |
Democratic |
60.60% |
44 |
1960 |
John Kennedy |
Democratic |
49.72% |
0.17% |
######## |
112,827 |
Richard Nixon |
Republican |
62.77% |
45 |
1964 |
Lyndon Johnson |
Democratic |
61.05% |
22.58% |
######## |
######## |
Barry Goldwater |
Republican |
61.92% |
46 |
1968 |
Richard Nixon |
Republican |
43.42% |
0.70% |
######## |
511,944 |
Hubert Humphrey |
Democratic |
60.84% |
47 |
1972 |
Richard Nixon |
Republican |
60.67% |
23.15% |
######## |
######## |
George McGovern |
Democratic |
55.21% |
48 |
1976 |
Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
50.08% |
2.06% |
######## |
1,683,247 |
Gerald Ford |
Republican |
53.55% |
49 |
1980 |
Ronald Reagan |
Republican |
50.75% |
9.74% |
######## |
8,423,115 |
Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
52.56% |
50 |
1984 |
Ronald Reagan |
Republican |
58.77% |
18.21% |
######## |
######## |
Walter Mondale |
Democratic |
53.11% |
51 |
1988 |
George H.W. Bush |
Republican |
53.37% |
7.72% |
######## |
7,077,121 |
Michael Dukakis |
Democratic |
50.15% |
52 |
1992 |
Bill Clinton |
Democratic |
43.01% |
5.56% |
######## |
5,805,256 |
George H.W. Bush |
Republican |
55.23% |
53 |
1996 |
Bill Clinton |
Democratic |
49.23% |
8.51% |
######## |
8,201,370 |
Bob Dole |
Republican |
49.08% |
54 |
2000 |
George W. Bush |
Republican |
47.87% |
−0.51% |
######## |
−543,816 |
Al Gore |
Democratic |
51.30% |
55 |
2004 |
George W. Bush |
Republican |
50.73% |
2.46% |
######## |
3,012,171 |
John Kerry |
Democratic |
55.27% |
56 |
2008 |
Barack Obama |
Democratic |
52.93% |
7.27% |
######## |
9,550,193 |
John McCain |
Republican |
57.48% |
57 |
2012 |
Barack Obama |
Democratic |
51.06% |
3.86% |
######## |
4,982,296 |
Mitt Romney |
Republican |
57.50% |