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U.S. Presidential Elections

U.S. presidential elections are held every four years, with candidates from major political parties vying for the nation's highest office through a series of primaries and a general election. The general election process involves electoral votes from each state determining the winner. Explore our archive of U.S. presidential election results since 1789.

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2020 Presidential Election

Joe Biden (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 306

Donald Trump (Republican)
Electoral votes: 232

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2004 Presidential Election

George W. Bush (Republican)      
Electoral votes: 286       
 
John Kerry (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 251    

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1988 Presidential Election

George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral votes: 426

Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 111

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1972 Presidential Election

Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral votes: 520

George McGovern (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 17

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1956 Presidential Election

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Electoral votes: 457

Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 73

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1940 Presidential Election

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 449

Wendell Willkie (Republican)
Electoral votes: 82

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1924 Presidential Election

Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Electoral votes: 382

John W. Davis (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 136

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1908 Presidential Election

William Howard Taft (Republican)
Electoral votes: 321

William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 162

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1892 Presidential Election

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 277

Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Electoral votes: 145

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1876 Presidential Election

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
Electoral votes: 185

Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 184

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1860 Presidential Election

Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Electoral votes: 180

John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic)
Electoral votes: 72

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1844 Presidential Election

James K. Polk (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 170

Henry Clay (Whig)
Electoral votes: 105

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1828 Presidential Election

Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 178

John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
Electoral votes: 83

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1812 Presidential Election

James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 128

DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 89

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1796 Presidential Election

John Adams (Federalist)
Electoral votes: 71

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 68

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2016 Presidential Election

Donald Trump (Republican)
Electoral votes: 304

Hillary Clinton (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 227

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2000 Presidential Election

George W. Bush (Republican)    
Electoral votes: 271       
 
Al Gore (Democratic)   
Electoral votes: 266       

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1984 Presidential Election

Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Electoral votes: 525

Walter Mondale (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 13

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1968 Presidential Election

Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral votes: 301

Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 191

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1952 Presidential Election

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Electoral votes: 442

Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 89

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1936 Presidential Election

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 523

Alf Landon (Republican)
Electoral votes: 8

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1920 Presidential Election

Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Electoral votes: 404

James M. Cox (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 127

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1904 Presidential Election

Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Electoral votes: 336

Alton B. Parker (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 140

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1888 Presidential Election

Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Electoral votes: 233

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 168

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1872 Presidential Election

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral votes: 286

Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
Electoral votes: 3

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1856 Presidential Election

James Buchanan (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 174

John C. Frémont (Republican)
Electoral votes: 114

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1840 Presidential Election

William Henry Harrison (Whig)
Electoral votes: 234

Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 60

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1824 Presidential Election

John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 84

Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 99

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1808 Presidential Election

James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 122

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist)
Electoral votes: 47

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1792 Presidential Election

George Washington (Independent)
Electoral votes: 132

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2012 Presidential Election

Barack Obama (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 332

Mitt Romney (Republican)
Electoral votes: 206

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1996 Presidential Election

Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 379

Bob Dole (Republican)
Electoral votes: 159

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1980 Presidential Election

Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Electoral votes: 489

Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 49

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1964 Presidential Election

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 486

Barry Goldwater (Republican)
Electoral votes: 52

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1948 Presidential Election

Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 303

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
Electoral votes: 189

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1932 Presidential Election

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 472

Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Electoral votes: 59

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1916 Presidential Election

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 277

Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
Electoral votes: 254

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1900 Presidential Election

William McKinley (Republican)
Electoral votes: 292

William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 155

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1884 Presidential Election

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 219

James G. Blaine (Republican)
Electoral votes: 182

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1868 Presidential Election

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral votes: 214

Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 80

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1852 Presidential Election

Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 254

Winfield Scott (Whig)
Electoral votes: 42

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1836 Presidential Election

Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 170

William Henry Harrison (Whig)
Electoral votes: 73

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1820 Presidential Election

James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 231

President James Monroe won re-election unopposed.

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1804 Presidential Election

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 162

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist)
Electoral votes: 14

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1789 Presidential Election

George Washington (Independent)
Electoral votes: 69

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2008 Presidential Election

Barack Obama (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 365

John McCain (Republican)
Electoral votes: 173    

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1992 Presidential Election

Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 370

George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral votes: 168

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1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 297

Gerald Ford (Republican)
Electoral votes: 240

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1960 Presidential Election

John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 303

Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral votes: 219

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1944 Presidential Election

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 432

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
Electoral votes: 99

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1928 Presidential Election

Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Electoral votes: 444

Al Smith (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 87

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1912 Presidential Election

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 435

Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Electoral votes: 88

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1896 Presidential Election

William McKinley (Republican)
Electoral votes: 271

William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 176

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1880 Presidential Election

James A. Garfield (Republican)
Electoral votes: 214

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 155

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1864 Presidential Election

Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Electoral votes: 212

George B. McClellan (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 21

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1848 Presidential Election

Zachary Taylor (Whig)
Electoral votes: 163

Lewis Cass (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 127

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1832 Presidential Election

Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Electoral votes: 219

Henry Clay (National Republican)
Electoral votes: 49

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1816 Presidential Election

James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 183

Rufus King (Federalist)
Electoral votes: 34

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1800 Presidential Election

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Electoral votes: 73

John Adams (Federalist)
Electoral votes: 65

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