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U.S. presidential election results and maps, 1788–89 to 2024
Every U.S. presidential election from the first in 1788–89 through 2024: the winner, the electoral vote and the runner-up. Each year has its own electoral map and state-by-state results.
| Election | Winner | Party | Electoral votes | Runner-up (electoral votes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump | Republican | 312 | Kamala Harris (226) |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | Democratic | 306 | Donald Trump (232) |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | Republican | 304 | Hillary Clinton (227) |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 332 | Mitt Romney (206) |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 365 | John McCain (173) |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | Republican | 286 | John Kerry (251) |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | Republican | 271 | Al Gore (266) |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 379 | Bob Dole (159) |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 370 | George H. W. Bush (168) |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 426 | Michael Dukakis (111) |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 525 | Walter Mondale (13) |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 489 | Jimmy Carter (49) |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 297 | Gerald Ford (240) |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 520 | George McGovern (17) |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 301 | Hubert Humphrey (191) |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 486 | Barry Goldwater (52) |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 303 | Richard Nixon (219) |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 457 | Adlai Stevenson II (73) |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 442 | Adlai Stevenson II (89) |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | Democratic | 303 | Thomas E. Dewey (189) |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 432 | Thomas E. Dewey (99) |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 449 | Wendell Willkie (82) |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 523 | Alf Landon (8) |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 472 | Herbert Hoover (59) |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 444 | Al Smith (87) |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 382 | John W. Davis (136) |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | 404 | James M. Cox (127) |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 277 | Charles Evans Hughes (254) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 435 | Theodore Roosevelt (88) |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft | Republican | 321 | William Jennings Bryan (162) |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 336 | Alton B. Parker (140) |
| 1900 | William McKinley | Republican | 292 | William Jennings Bryan (155) |
| 1896 | William McKinley | Republican | 271 | William Jennings Bryan (176) |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 277 | Benjamin Harrison (145) |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 233 | Grover Cleveland (168) |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 219 | James G. Blaine (182) |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | Republican | 214 | Winfield Scott Hancock (155) |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 185 | Samuel J. Tilden (184) |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 286 | Thomas A. Hendricks (42) |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 214 | Horatio Seymour (80) |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | National Union | 212 | George B. McClellan (21) |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 180 | John C. Breckinridge (72) |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | Democratic | 174 | John C. Frémont (114) |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 254 | Winfield Scott (42) |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | Whig | 163 | Lewis Cass (127) |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | Democratic | 170 | Henry Clay (105) |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | Whig | 234 | Martin Van Buren (60) |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 170 | William Henry Harrison (73) |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 219 | Henry Clay (49) |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 178 | John Quincy Adams (83) |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | 84 | Andrew Jackson (99) |
| 1820 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 231 | Electoral vote not cast (3) |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 183 | Rufus King (34) |
| 1812 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | 128 | DeWitt Clinton (89) |
| 1808 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | 122 | Charles C. Pinckney (47) |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 162 | Charles C. Pinckney (14) |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 73 | Aaron Burr (73) |
| 1796 | John Adams | Federalist | 71 | Thomas Jefferson (68) |
| 1792 | George Washington | Independent | 132 | John Adams (77) |
| 1788–89 | George Washington | Federalist | 69 | Other second-choice candidates (35) |