Historical Us Presidential Election Results

This site provides general election results and maps for presidential elections from 1789 to the present as well as presidential primary results from 1992 to the present.

Historical us presidential election results. Dave leip s atlas of u s. Jenkins david davis votes not counted. Select a date to see the electoral college outcome electoral college votes by state the candidates election notes election notes include specific election information such as third party candidates faithless electors challenges during the counting of the electoral votes in congress and other interesting facts.

This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. The popular vote was the closest of the 20th century with kennedy defeating nixon by. Gratz brown charles j.

Republican dem liberal rep. 3 597 132 2 834 125 henry wilson r. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history.

2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states. Democratic dem liberal rep. More results will be added as ofr continues to update this website.

The 1960 election pitted republican vice president richard nixon against democratic u s. Article two of the constitution originally established the method of presidential elections including the creation of the electoral college the result of a compromise between those constitutional framers who wanted the congress to choose the president and those who preferred a national popular vote. 286 12 42 18 2 1 17.

As set forth in article two each state is allocated a number of. 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.