Historical Election Timeline

Most recent completed presidential election in the archive.

Runner-up: Kamala Harris 226 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 74.

Runner-up: Donald Trump 232 EV

Electoral College winner differed from the national popular vote winner.

Runner-up: Hillary Clinton 232 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 126.

Runner-up: Mitt Romney 206 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 192.

Runner-up: John McCain 173 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 34.

Runner-up: John Kerry 252 EV

Electoral College winner differed from the national popular vote winner.

Runner-up: Al Gore 267 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 220.

Runner-up: Bob Dole 159 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 202.

Runner-up: George H.W Bush 168 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 314.

Runner-up: Michael Dukakis 112 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 512.

Runner-up: Walter Mondale 13 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 440.

Runner-up: Jimmy Carter 49 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 56.

Runner-up: Gerald Ford 241 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 504.

Runner-up: George McGovern 17 EV

Modern political geography shifted during a turbulent election year.

Runner-up: Hubert Humphrey 191 EV

270 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 434.

Runner-up: Barry Goldwater 52 EV

269 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 84.

Runner-up: Richard Nixon 219 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 383.

Runner-up: Adlai Stevenson II 74 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 353.

Runner-up: Adlai Stevenson II 89 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 114.

Runner-up: Thomas Dewey 189 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 333.

Runner-up: Thomas Dewey 99 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 367.

Runner-up: Wendell Willkie 82 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 515.

Runner-up: Alf Landon 8 EV

New Deal realignment election during the Great Depression.

Runner-up: Herbert Hoover 59 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 357.

Runner-up: Al Smith 87 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 246.

Runner-up: John W. Davis 136 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 277.

Runner-up: James M. Cox 127 EV

266 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 23.

Runner-up: Charles Evan Hughes 254 EV

Major third-party challenge split the Republican vote.

Runner-up: Theodore Roosevelt 88 EV

242 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 159.

Runner-up: William Jennings Bryan 162 EV

239 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 196.

Runner-up: Alton B. Parker 140 EV

224 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 137.

Runner-up: William Jennings Bryan 155 EV

224 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 95.

Runner-up: William Jennings Bryan 176 EV

223 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 132.

Runner-up: Benjamin Harrison 145 EV

201 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 65.

Runner-up: Grover Cleveland 168 EV

201 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 37.

Runner-up: James G. Blaine 182 EV

185 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 59.

Runner-up: Winfield Scott Hancock 155 EV

Disputed election resolved through an electoral commission.

Runner-up: Samuel J. Tilden 184 EV

184 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 258.

Runner-up: Thomas Hendricks 42 EV

148 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 134.

Runner-up: Horatio Seymour 80 EV

126 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 208.

Runner-up: George B. McClellan 21 EV

Lincoln victory during the sectional crisis before the Civil War.

Runner-up: John C. Breckinridge 72 EV

149 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 60.

Runner-up: John C. Frémont 114 EV

149 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 212.

Runner-up: Winfield Scott 42 EV

146 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 36.

Runner-up: Lewis Cass 127 EV

138 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 65.

Runner-up: Henry Clay 105 EV

148 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 174.

Runner-up: Martin Van Buren 60 EV

148 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 97.

Runner-up: William Henry Harrison 73 EV

144 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 170.

Runner-up: Henry Clay 49 EV

131 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 95.

Runner-up: John Quincy Adams 83 EV

Contingent election decided by the House after no candidate won an electoral majority.

Runner-up: John Quincy Adams 84 EV

117 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 232.

109 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 149.

Runner-up: Rufus King 34 EV

109 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 39.

Runner-up: DeWitt Clinton 89 EV

88 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 75.

Runner-up: Charles C. Pinckney 47 EV

89 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 148.

Runner-up: Charles C. Pinckney 14 EV

Contingent election after an Electoral College tie between Jefferson and Burr.

Runner-up: John Adams 65 EV

70 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 3.

Runner-up: Thomas Jefferson 68 EV

67 electoral votes were needed; the top-two electoral margin was 132.

First U.S. presidential election under the Constitution.