List Of Presidential Election Years

This article is a list of united states presidential candidates.

List of presidential election years. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. George w bush vs al gore 2004. Presidential election was held in 1788 1789 followed by the second in 1792.

Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote. Constitution does set parameters for the election of the president and other federal officials state law not federal regulates most aspects of elections in the u s including the primaries the eligibility of voters beyond the basic constitutional. United states presidential election of 1789 american presidential election held on feb.

This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. If no candidate wins a majority of. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections.

4 1789 in which george washington was unanimously chosen as the first president of the united states by electors from 10 of the 13 extant states. And there are no more significant numbers than the ones generated on the tuesday after the first monday in november every four years. Presidential election process like all other elections in the united states is a highly decentralized system.

Because of when these federal offices are up for election the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories. Elections for the u s. The name listed in bold first was the winner of the election and president of the united states.

View a map results and history from each of the 58 prior u s. 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. Presidential election results for every election from 1789 to the present.