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Electoral votes over time
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Rep 19
Fed 5
D-R 4
Whig 4
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First Party System
1792
Washington
National: George Washington · Ind
First Party System1796
Adams
National: John Adams · Fed
First Party System1800
Adams
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
First Party System1804
Jefferson
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
First Party System1808
Pinckney
National: James Madison · D-R
First Party System1812
Clinton
National: James Madison · D-R
First Party System1816
King
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1820
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1824
Adams
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
Second Party System1828
Adams
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1832
Clay
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
VanBuren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Harrison
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Clay
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Taylor
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Scott
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Fremont
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Lincoln
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Civil War1864
Lincoln
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Hayes
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Garfield
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Blaine
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Harrison
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Harrison
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Roosevelt
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Taft
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Hughes
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Harding
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Coolidge
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Truman
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Humphrey
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
McGovern
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Carter
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Dukakis
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Clinton
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Biden
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Harris
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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