Presidential Elections Results History, Historical U S Presidential Elections 1789 2016

Presidential election with the exception below would be the difference between the number of electoral college votes garnered by the candidate with an absolute majority of electoral votes currently 270 of 538 and the number received by the second place candidate currently in the range of 2 to 538 a margin of.

Presidential election japan. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. For the original method of electing the president and the vice president elections of 1789 1792 1796 and 1800 see article ii section 1 of the constitution. 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.

But in five incredibly close electionsincluding. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. His winning total of 525 electoral votes remains the highest number of electoral votes ever received by a presidential candidate.

Includes all candidates their parties number of electoral and popular votes. In a united states presidential election the popular vote is the total number or percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and washington dc. To view maps and results from all prior presidential elections on a single page see.

As set forth in article two each state is allocated a number of. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections. Election results for every election from 1789 to the present.

Busch professor of government at claremont mckenna college and co author of the perfect tie. Definition of the margin informal definition. The margin of victory in a us.

Of the 58 presidential elections in the history of the united states 53 of the winners took both the electoral college and the popular vote. 2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states. A strong economy lifted reagan to a decisive re election victory in every state except mondales native minnesota.

From george washingtons uncontested run for president to the divisive campaigns of 2016 see an overview of all the presidential elections in us. 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. 525 13 electoral college vote percentage.