Votes cast over time

How many popular votes were counted in each election.

Popular votes counted for president

Year	Votes counted	Change
1824	365,833	—
1828	1,148,018	+213.8%
1832	1,293,973	+12.7%
1836	1,503,534	+16.2%
1840	2,411,808	+60.4%
1844	2,703,659	+12.1%
1848	2,879,184	+6.5%
1852	3,161,830	+9.8%
1856	4,054,647	+28.2%
1860	4,692,538	+15.7%
1864	4,030,983	-14.1%
1868	5,722,440	+42.0%
1872	6,470,676	+13.1%
1876	8,411,618	+30.0%
1880	9,220,197	+9.6%
1884	10,058,373	+9.1%
1888	11,395,083	+13.3%
1892	12,071,548	+5.9%
1896	13,905,691	+15.2%
1900	13,972,525	+0.5%
1904	13,519,139	-3.2%
1908	14,884,098	+10.1%
1912	15,043,030	+1.1%
1916	18,535,445	+23.2%
1920	26,768,457	+44.4%
1924	29,099,380	+8.7%
1928	36,801,510	+26.5%
1932	39,747,783	+8.0%
1936	45,646,991	+14.8%
1940	49,817,149	+9.1%
1944	47,976,670	-3.7%
1948	48,691,494	+1.5%
1952	61,550,918	+26.4%
1956	62,026,908	+0.8%
1960	68,838,219	+11.0%
1964	70,644,592	+2.6%
1968	73,211,875	+3.6%
1972	77,718,554	+6.2%
1976	81,555,889	+4.9%
1980	86,513,813	+6.1%
1984	92,652,842	+7.1%
1988	91,594,809	-1.1%
1992	104,425,014	+14.0%
1996	96,277,223	-7.8%
2000	105,396,627	+9.5%
2004	122,295,345	+16.0%
2008	131,278,107	+7.3%
2012	129,067,662	-1.7%
2016	136,381,696	+5.7%
2020	158,376,434	+16.1%
2024	155,201,157	-2.0%

Raw counts of votes for president. They are not turnout rates: the eligible population changed enormously (women’s suffrage in 1920, the voting age lowered to 18 in 1971, new states).

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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