Insights: patterns in U.S. presidential elections
Closest states, landslides, bellwethers, flipped states, party streaks, third parties and Electoral College splits, computed from every election since 1789.
- Closest state resultsThe narrowest statewide margins in presidential elections.
- Biggest state landslidesThe widest statewide margins on record.
- Popular vote vs Electoral CollegeElections where the popular-vote leader did not win the presidency.
- Bellwether statesHow often each state voted for the national winner.
- States that flippedWhich states changed party from one election to the next.
- Longest party streaksThe longest unbroken runs of one party carrying a state.
- Third-party high-water marksThe strongest showings by candidates outside the two main parties.
- Votes cast over timeHow many popular votes were counted in each election.
- Electoral vote vs popular voteHow the Electoral College magnifies (or shrinks) a winner's popular vote.
- Tipping-point statesThe state that delivered the 270th electoral vote in each election, and how it compared with the nation.
Closest states ever
- Maryland 1832: Henry Clay by 4 votes
- Florida 2000: George W. Bush by 537 votes
- California 1912: Theodore Roosevelt by 174 votes
- California 1892: Grover Cleveland by 124 votes
- New Hampshire 1916: Woodrow Wilson by 56 votes
Popular vote and Electoral College disagreed
- 2016: Donald J. Trump won, Hillary Clinton led the popular vote
- 2000: George W. Bush won, Albert Gore, Jr. led the popular vote
- 1888: Benjamin Harrison won, Grover Cleveland led the popular vote
- 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes won, Samuel Tilden led the popular vote
- 1824: John Quincy Adams won, Andrew Jackson led the popular vote