Presidential Elections Since 1960, How The Electoral College Was Nearly Abolished In 1970 History

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Presidential election results over the years. To view maps and results from all prior presidential elections on a single page. However there were some close elections that it missed such as 1948 1976 and 2004 the popular vote in 2000 and the likely voter numbers in 2012. With 2020 being a presidential election year a look at those who sought the office over the last 60 years but came up short.

Since 1824 a national popular vote has been tallied for each election but the national popular vote does not directly affect the winner of the presidential election. Kennedy narrowly defeated republican vice pres. November 6 2012 the staff here at boopstats are certainly not the political junkies that exist elsewhere at the daily news but we do love numbers.

Who was the losing candidate in every presidential election since 1960. The united states has had a two party system for much of its history and the major parties of the two party system have dominated presidential elections for most of us. Gallup polling has often been accurate in predicting the outcome of presidential elections and the margin of victory for the election winner.

The 1960 presidential election was the closest election since 1916 and this closeness can be explained by a number of factors. Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 195758 which hurt the standing of the incumbent republican party and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered democrats than republicans. Wallace 1972 george s.

Kennedy was also the first president born in the 20th century. Number of votes cast in presidential elections is published by the us. March 31 2020 341 pm.

Bush republican and ross perot independent. Share this article share tweet text email link barry werner. Mondale 1988 michael dukakis back to the top.

Usa today sports. House of representatives office of the clerk statistics of the presidential and congressional election for various years starting with 1920. 100 years of presidential election results by bob vetrone jr.

Historical elections timeline same since history 1964 2016 margin of victory 1972 2016 state voting history presidential image gallery. Perot drew more votes than any other third party candidate since theodore roosevelts campaign in 1912. United states presidential election of 1960 american presidential election held on november 8 1960 in which democrat john f.

Ford 1980 john anderson jimmy carter 1984 walter f. Nixon 1964 barry m. Bill clinton democrat defeated george h.