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Every U.S. presidential election, 1789–2024

Who won, who lost, and by how much in every presidential election. Open a year for its Electoral College map and every state’s result.

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YearWinnerEVPopular voteRunner-upEVPopular voteVotes counted
2024 Donald J. Trump Republican 312 49.8% Kamala Harris Democratic 226 48.3% 155,201,157
2020 Joseph R. Biden Democratic 306 51.3% Donald J. Trump Republican 232 46.9% 158,376,434
2016 split Donald J. Trump Republican 306 46.2% Hillary Clinton Democratic 232 48.2% 136,381,696
2012 Barack Obama Democratic 332 51.1% Mitt Romney Republican 206 47.2% 129,067,662
2008 Barack Obama Democratic 365 52.9% John McCain Republican 173 45.7% 131,278,107
2004 George W. Bush Republican 286 50.7% John Kerry Democratic 251 48.3% 122,295,345
2000 split George W. Bush Republican 271 47.9% Albert Gore, Jr. Democratic 266 48.4% 105,396,627
1996 William J. Clinton Democratic 379 49.2% Robert Dole Republican 159 40.7% 96,277,223
1992 William J. Clinton Democratic 370 43.0% George H. W. Bush Republican 168 37.4% 104,425,014
1988 George H. W. Bush Republican 426 53.4% Michael Dukakis Democratic 111 45.6% 91,594,809
1984 Ronald Reagan Republican 525 58.8% Walter Mondale Democratic 13 40.6% 92,652,842
1980 Ronald Reagan Republican 489 50.7% Jimmy Carter Democratic 49 41.0% 86,513,813
1976 Jimmy Carter Democratic 297 50.1% Gerald R. Ford Republican 240 48.0% 81,555,889
1972 Richard M. Nixon Republican 520 60.7% George McGovern Democratic 17 37.5% 77,718,554
1968 Richard M. Nixon Republican 301 43.4% Hubert Humphrey Democratic 191 42.7% 73,211,875
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic 486 61.1% Barry Goldwater Republican 52 38.5% 70,644,592
1960 John F. Kennedy Democratic 303 49.7% Richard M. Nixon Republican 219 49.5% 68,838,219
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 457 57.4% Adlai Stevenson Democratic 73 42.0% 62,026,908
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 442 54.9% Adlai Stevenson Democratic 89 44.4% 61,550,918
1948 Harry S Truman Democratic 303 49.5% Thomas E. Dewey Republican 189 45.1% 48,691,494
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 432 53.4% Thomas E. Dewey Republican 99 45.9% 47,976,670
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 449 54.7% Wendell L. Willkie Republican 82 44.8% 49,817,149
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 523 60.8% Alfred M. Landon Republican 8 36.5% 45,646,991
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 472 57.4% Herbert Hoover Republican 59 39.6% 39,747,783
1928 Herbert Hoover Republican 444 58.2% Alfred E. Smith Democratic 87 40.8% 36,801,510
1924 Calvin Coolidge Republican 382 54.0% John W. Davis Democratic 136 28.8% 29,099,380
1920 Warren G. Harding Republican 404 60.3% James M. Cox Democratic 127 34.1% 26,768,457
1916 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 277 49.2% Charles E. Hughes Republican 254 46.1% 18,535,445
1912 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 435 41.8% Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 88 27.4% 15,043,030
1908 William Howard Taft Republican 321 51.6% William Jennings Bryan Democratic 162 43.0% 14,884,098
1904 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 336 56.4% Alton B. Parker Democratic 140 37.6% 13,519,139
1900 William McKinley Republican 292 51.7% William Jennings Bryan Democratic 155 45.5% 13,972,525
1896 William McKinley Republican 271 51.1% William Jennings Bryan Democratic 176 45.8% 13,905,691
1892 Grover Cleveland Democratic 277 46.0% Benjamin Harrison Republican 145 43.0% 12,071,548
1888 split Benjamin Harrison Republican 233 47.8% Grover Cleveland Democratic 168 48.6% 11,395,083
1884 Grover Cleveland Democratic 219 48.9% James G. Blaine Republican 182 48.2% 10,058,373
1880 James A. Garfield Republican 214 48.3% Winfield S. Hancock Democratic 155 48.2% 9,220,197
1876 split Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 185 48.0% Samuel Tilden Democratic 184 51.0% 8,411,618
1872 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 286 55.6% Horace Greeley Democratic 0 43.8% 6,470,676
1868 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 214 52.7% Horatio Seymour Democratic 80 47.3% 5,722,440
1864 Abraham Lincoln Republican 212 55.1% George McClellan Democratic 21 44.9% 4,030,983
1860 Abraham Lincoln Republican 180 39.8% John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic 72 18.2% 4,692,538
1856 James Buchanan Democratic 174 45.3% John C. Fremont Republican 114 33.1% 4,054,647
1852 Franklin Pierce Democratic 254 50.8% Winfield Scott Whig 42 43.9% 3,161,830
1848 Zachary Taylor Whig 163 47.3% Lewis Cass Democratic 127 42.5% 2,879,184
1844 James K. Polk Democratic 170 49.5% Henry Clay Whig 105 48.1% 2,703,659
1840 William Henry Harrison Whig 234 52.9% Martin Van Buren Democratic 60 46.8% 2,411,808
1836 Martin Van Buren Democratic 170 50.8% William Henry Harrison Whig 73 36.6% 1,503,534
1832 Andrew Jackson Democratic 219 54.2% Henry Clay National-Republican 49 37.4% 1,293,973
1828 Andrew Jackson Democratic 178 56.1% John Quincy Adams National-Republican 83 43.6% 1,148,018
1824 split John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican 84 30.9% Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican 99 41.3% 365,833
1820 James Monroe Democratic-Republican 231 — John Quincy Adams Independent 1 — —
1816 James Monroe Democratic-Republican 183 — Rufus King Federalist 34 — —
1812 James Madison Democratic-Republican 128 — DeWitt Clinton Federalist 89 — —
1808 James Madison Democratic-Republican 122 — Charles Pinckney Federalist 47 — —
1804 Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 162 — Charles Pinckney Federalist 14 — —
1800 Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 73 — John Adams Federalist 65 — —
1796 John Adams Federalist 71 — Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican 68 — —
1792 George Washington Federalist 132 — — — —
1789 George Washington Federalist 69 — — — —

The source records no national popular vote before 1824, when many states still chose electors through their legislatures. Through 1800 each elector cast two votes for president and the runner-up became vice president, so those years show electoral votes only.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data