Electoral vote vs popular vote
How the Electoral College magnifies (or shrinks) a winner's popular vote.
| Year | Winner | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Electoral bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald J. Trump | 49.8% | 58.0% | +8.2 |
| 2020 | Joseph R. Biden | 51.3% | 56.9% | +5.6 |
| 2016 | Donald J. Trump | 46.2% | 56.9% | +10.7 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 51.1% | 61.7% | +10.6 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 52.9% | 67.8% | +14.9 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 50.7% | 53.2% | +2.5 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 47.9% | 50.4% | +2.5 |
| 1996 | William J. Clinton | 49.2% | 70.4% | +21.2 |
| 1992 | William J. Clinton | 43.0% | 68.8% | +25.8 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 53.4% | 79.2% | +25.8 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 58.8% | 97.6% | +38.8 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 50.7% | 90.9% | +40.2 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 50.1% | 55.2% | +5.1 |
| 1972 | Richard M. Nixon | 60.7% | 96.7% | +36.0 |
| 1968 | Richard M. Nixon | 43.4% | 55.9% | +12.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 61.1% | 90.3% | +29.2 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 49.7% | 56.4% | +6.7 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 57.4% | 86.1% | +28.7 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 54.9% | 83.2% | +28.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S Truman | 49.5% | 57.1% | +7.6 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 53.4% | 81.4% | +28.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 54.7% | 84.6% | +29.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 60.8% | 98.5% | +37.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 57.4% | 88.9% | +31.5 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 58.2% | 83.6% | +25.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 54.0% | 71.9% | +17.9 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 60.3% | 76.1% | +15.8 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 49.2% | 52.2% | +3.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 41.8% | 81.9% | +40.1 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft | 51.6% | 66.5% | +14.9 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 56.4% | 70.6% | +14.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley | 51.7% | 65.3% | +13.6 |
| 1896 | William McKinley | 51.1% | 61.0% | +9.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 46.0% | 62.4% | +16.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 47.8% | 58.1% | +10.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 48.9% | 54.6% | +5.7 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 48.3% | 58.0% | +9.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 48.0% | 50.1% | +2.1 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 55.6% | 81.9% | +26.3 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 52.7% | 72.8% | +20.1 |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | 55.1% | 90.6% | +35.5 |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 39.8% | 59.4% | +19.6 |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 45.3% | 58.8% | +13.5 |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 50.8% | 85.8% | +35.0 |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 47.3% | 56.2% | +8.9 |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 49.5% | 61.8% | +12.3 |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 52.9% | 79.6% | +26.7 |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 50.8% | 57.8% | +7.0 |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 54.2% | 76.0% | +21.8 |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 56.1% | 68.2% | +12.1 |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | 30.9% | 32.2% | +1.3 |
Electoral bonus: the winner’s share of electoral votes minus their share of the popular vote, in points.
More insights
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Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data