Democratic Party presidential election history

The Democratic Party in U.S. presidential elections: 51 nominees from 1828 to 2024, 23 won the presidency.

Democratic nominee's share of the national popular vote (%)

Year	Nominee	Running mate	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Share	States	Result
2024	Kamala Harris	Tim Walz	226	75,019,230	48.3%	20	Lost
2020	Joseph R. Biden	Kamala Harris	306	81,268,773	51.3%	26	Won
2016	Hillary Clinton	Tim Kaine	232	65,788,564	48.2%	21	Lost
2012	Barack Obama	Joseph Biden	332	65,899,660	51.1%	27	Won
2008	Barack Obama	Joseph Biden	365	69,456,897	52.9%	29	Won
2004	John Kerry	John Edwards	251	59,028,444	48.3%	20	Lost
2000	Albert Gore, Jr.	Joseph Lieberman	266	50,992,335	48.4%	21	Lost
1996	William J. Clinton	Albert Gore, Jr.	379	47,402,357	49.2%	32	Won
1992	William J. Clinton	Albert Gore, Jr.	370	44,909,326	43.0%	33	Won
1988	Michael Dukakis	Lloyd Bentsen	111	41,809,074	45.6%	11	Lost
1984	Walter Mondale	Geraldine Ferraro	13	37,577,185	40.6%	2	Lost
1980	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	49	35,483,883	41.0%	7	Lost
1976	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	297	40,830,763	50.1%	24	Won
1972	George McGovern	Sargent Shriver	17	29,170,383	37.5%	2	Lost
1968	Hubert Humphrey	Edmund Muskie	191	31,275,166	42.7%	14	Lost
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	Hubert H. Humphrey	486	43,129,566	61.1%	45	Won
1960	John F. Kennedy	Lyndon B. Johnson	303	34,226,731	49.7%	24	Won
1960	Harry F. Byrd	Strom Thurmond	15	0	0.0%	0	Lost
1956	Adlai Stevenson	Estes Kefauver	73	26,022,752	42.0%	7	Lost
1952	Adlai Stevenson	John Sparkman	89	27,314,992	44.4%	9	Lost
1948	Harry S Truman	Alben W. Barkley	303	24,105,810	49.5%	28	Won
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Harry S Truman	432	25,612,610	53.4%	36	Won
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry A. Wallace	449	27,243,218	54.7%	38	Won
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John Garner	523	27,750,866	60.8%	46	Won
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John Garner	472	22,818,740	57.4%	42	Won
1928	Alfred E. Smith	Joseph Robinson	87	15,004,336	40.8%	8	Lost
1924	John W. Davis	Charles W. Bryan	136	8,386,532	28.8%	12	Lost
1920	James M. Cox	Franklin D. Roosevelt	127	9,134,074	34.1%	11	Lost
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas Marshall	277	9,126,063	49.2%	30	Won
1912	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas R. Marshall	435	6,294,327	41.8%	40	Won
1908	William Jennings Bryan	John Kern	162	6,406,874	43.0%	17	Lost
1904	Alton B. Parker	Henry Davis	140	5,083,501	37.6%	13	Lost
1900	William Jennings Bryan	Adlai E. Stevenson	155	6,357,698	45.5%	17	Lost
1896	William Jennings Bryan	Sewall/Watson	176	6,370,897	45.8%	22	Lost
1892	Grover Cleveland	Adlai E. Stevenson	277	5,554,617	46.0%	24	Won
1888	Grover Cleveland	Allen Thurman	168	5,539,118	48.6%	18	Lost
1884	Grover Cleveland	Thomas Hendricks	219	4,915,586	48.9%	20	Won
1880	Winfield S. Hancock	William English	155	4,445,256	48.2%	19	Lost
1876	Samuel Tilden	Thomas Hendricks	184	4,288,191	51.0%	17	Lost
1872	Horace Greeley	Benjamin Brown	0	2,835,315	43.8%	6	Lost
1868	Horatio Seymour	Francis Blair, Jr.	80	2,708,744	47.3%	8	Lost
1864	George McClellan	George Pendleton	21	1,809,445	44.9%	3	Lost
1860	Stephen Douglas	Herschel Johnson	12	1,379,434	29.4%	1	Lost
1856	James Buchanan	John C. Breckinridge	174	1,836,072	45.3%	18	Won
1852	Franklin Pierce	William R. King	254	1,607,510	50.8%	26	Won
1848	Lewis Cass	William Butler	127	1,223,460	42.5%	14	Lost
1844	James K. Polk	George M. Dallas	170	1,339,494	49.5%	14	Won
1840	Martin Van Buren	Richard Johnson	60	1,128,854	46.8%	6	Lost
1836	Martin Van Buren	Richard Johnson	170	764,176	50.8%	15	Won
1832	Andrew Jackson	Martin Van Buren	219	701,780	54.2%	16	Won
1828	Andrew Jackson	John C. Calhoun	178	642,553	56.1%	14	Won

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