All Presidential Election Years
And there are no more significant numbers than the ones generated on the tuesday after the first monday in november every four years.
All presidential election years. Presidential election results year candidate political party electoral votes 1 popular votes 2 popular percentage 3 1 in elections from 1789 to 1804 each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections. Because of when these federal offices are up for election the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories.
Since the election of his successor john adams in 1796 all winners of u s. George w bush vs john kerry. Third parties have taken second place only twice in 1860 and 1912.
The constitution specifies that the president and vice president be chosen through the votes cast by electors. Presidential election results for every election from 1789 to the present. So thanks to the folks at ucsb and their fine website dedicated to the united states presidency we present the election results for the last 100 years dating to the first time all 48 contiguous states took part.
President are held every four years coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the senate. View a map results and history from each of the 58 prior u s. The name listed in bold first was the winner of the election and president of the united states.
A list of united states presidential elections starting in the year 2000. The list goes up to the election of 2100. Use the link below the legend for a more detailed narrative of that election including for most years an interactive electoral map that lets you change the course of history.
For a different perspective take a look at our same since. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. Presidential elections have represented one of two major parties.