The following is a list of statistics of America's presidential elections, from the first election in 1789 to the most recent election of 2008. 

Most of the information regarding the popular vote count, number of candidates participating, and the percentage of the popular vote won come from these links...

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59542 

http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/electionresults.shtml

Information concerning the Electoral College comes from the following...

http://www.270towin.com/ 

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/scores.h...

For clarification to those who might be somewhat confused about the layout, the party each candidate belongs/belonged to is denoted in parentheses to the right of the candidate.  Next to that is the popular vote count of each candidate.  Next to this is the percentage of the popular vote garnered by each candidate.  The blue numerical figure indicates electoral votes won by each candidate.  Addtionally, from 1792 onwards, next to the election title above are the total amount of voters in that election, with the number of voters that increased or decreased from the previous election in parentheses.

For the purpose of using these statistics as a sort of barometer, I omitted candidates who, although being listed, garnered no popular votes (the only instances where such candidates are shown are when they obtained electoral votes, but no popular votes).

I also listed each candidate by order of the popular vote they accumulated, even if the candidate with the most popular votes still lost. 

Furthermore, for 1984-2008, I used information from the Federal Election Commission to tabulate the total popular vote and the number of candidates on the ballot.  For anything before 1984, I simply used information from OurCampaigns.com, since the FEC only has information on elections from 1982 onward.  Finally, "Others" indicate write-in votes.

 

1789 ELECTION

George Washington (N/A)—38,818 (69)

 

1792 ELECTION (10,239 Less Voters)

George Washington (N/A)—28,579 (132)

 

1796 ELECTION—66,841 Voters (38,262 More Voters)

John Adams (Federalist)—35,726 (53.45%)  (71)

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)—31,115 (46.55%)  (68)

 

1800 ELECTION—67,255 Voters (414 More Voters)

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)—41,330 (61.43%)  (73)

John Adams (Federalist)—25,925 (38.57%)  (65)

 

1804 ELECTION—143,029 Voters (75,774 More Voters)

Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)—104,110 (72.79%)  (162)

Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)—38,919 (27.21%)  (14)

 

1808 ELECTION—192,691 Voters (49,662 More Voters)

James Madison (Democratic-Republican)—124,732 (64.73%)   (47)

Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)—62,431 (32.40%)   (6)

James Monroe (Independent Republican)—4,848 (2.52%)

Independent Electors—680 (0.35%)

George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)—0 (0.00%) (6)

 

1812 ELECTION—278,786 Voters (86,095 More Voters)

James Madison (Democratic-Republican)—140,431 (50.37%)  (128)

DeWitt Clinton (Federalist)—132,781 (47.63%)  (89)

Rufus King (Federalist)—5,574 (2.00%) 

 

1816 ELECTION—112,370 Voters (166,416 Less Voters)

James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)—76,592 (68.16%)  (183)

Rufus King (Federalist)—34,740 (30.92%)  (34)

Independent Electors—1,038 (0.92%)

 

1820 ELECTION—108,359 Voters (4,011 Less Voters)

James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)—87,343 (80.61%)  (231)

Federalist Electors—17,465 (16.12%)

DeWitt Clinton (Independent)—1,893 (1.75%)

Independent Electors—1,658 (1.53%)

John Q. Adams (Independent)—0 (0.00%)  (1)

 

1824 ELECTION—364,023 Voters (255,664 More Voters)

Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican)—150,385 (41.31%)  (99)

John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)—116,296 (31.95%)  (84)

Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican)—47,532 (13.06%)  (37)

William Crawford (Democratic-Republican)—40,900 (11.24%)  (41)

Unpledged D-R Electors—6,860 (1.88%)

Independent Electors—1,422  (0.39%)

Federalist Electors—628 (0.17%)

 

1828 ELECTION—1,148,018 Voters (783,995 More Voters)

Andrew Jackson (Democratic)—642,553 (55.97%)  (178)

John Quincy Adams (National Republican)—500,897 (43.63%)  (83)

Others—4,568 (0.40%)

 

1832 ELECTION—1,293,973 Voters (145,955 More Voters)

Andrew Jackson (Democratic)—701,780 (54.24%)  (219)

Henry Clay (National Republican)—484,205 (37.42%)  (49)

William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)—100,715 (7.78%)  (7)

Others—7,273 (0.56%)

John Floyd (Independent)—0 (0.00%)  (11)

 

1836 ELECTION—1,503,534 Voters (209,561 More Voters)

Martin Van Buren (Democratic)—764,176 (50.83%)  (170)

William Henry Harrison (Whig)—550,816 (36.64%)  (73)

Hugh L. White (Whig)—146,107 (9.72%)  (26)

Daniel Webster (Whig)—41,201 (2.74%)  (14)

Others—1,234 (0.08%)

W.P Magnum (Independent)—0 (0.00%)  (11)

 

1840 ELECTION—2,411,808 Voters (908,274 More Voters)

William Henry Harrison (Whig)—1,275,390 (52.88%)  (234)

Martin Van Buren (Democratic)—1,128,854 (46.81%)  (60)

James G. Birney (Liberty)—6,797 (0.28%)

Others—767 (0.03%)

 

1844 ELECTION—2,703,659 Voters (291,851 More Voters)

James K. Polk (Democratic)—1,339,494 (49.54%)  (170)

Henry Clay (Whig)—1,300,004 (48.08%)  (105)

James G. Birney (Liberty)—62,103 (2.30%)

Others—2,058 (0.08%)

 

1848 ELECTION—2,879,187 Voters (175,528 More Voters)

Zackary Taylor (Whig)—1,361,393 (47.28%)  (163)

Lewis Cass (Democratic)—1,223,460 (42.49%)  (127)

Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)—291,501 (10.12%)

Gerrit Smith (Liberty)—2,545 (0.09%)

Others—196 (0.01%)

Henry Clay (Whig)—92 (0.00%)

 

1852 ELECTION—3,161,645 Voters (282,458 More Voters)

Franklin Pierce (Democratic)—1,607,510 (50.84%)  (254)

Winfield Scott (Whig)—1,386,942 (43.87%)  (42)

John P. Hale (Free Soil)—155,210 (4.91%)

Daniel Webster (Union)—6,994 (0.22%)

Jacob Broom (Native American)—2,566 (0.08%)

George M. Troup (Southern Rights)—2,331 (0.07%)

Others—92 (0.01%)

 

1856 ELECTION—4,054,953 Voters (893,308 More Voters)

James Buchanan (Democratic)—1,836,072 (45.28%)  (174)

John C. Frémont (Republican)—1,342,345 (33.10%)  (114)

Millard Fillmore (American)—873,053 (21.53%)  (8)

Others—3,177 (0.08%)

Gerrit Smith (Independent)—306 (0.01%)

 

1860 ELECTION—4,680,724 Voters (625,771 More Voters)

Abraham Lincoln (Republican)—1,866,452 (39.88%)   (180)

Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic)—1,375,157 (29.38%)   (12)

John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)—847,953  (18.12%)   (72)

John Bell (Constitutional Union)—590,631 (12.62%)   (39)

Others—360 (0.01%)

Gerrit Smith (Abolition)—171 (0.00%)

 

1864 ELECTION—4,031,232 Voters (649,492 Less Voters)

Abraham Lincoln (Republican)—2,218,388 (55.03%)  (212)

George B. McClellan (Democratic)—1,812,807 (44.97%)  (21)

Others—37 (0.00%)

 

1868 ELECTION—5,722,440 Voters (1,691,208 More Voters)

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)—3,013,650  (52.66%)  (214)

Horatio Seymour (Democratic)—2,708,744 (47.34%)  (80)

Others—46 (0.00%)

 

1872 ELECTION—6,456,923 Voters (734,483 More Voters)

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)—3,598,235 (55.72%)  (286)

Horace Greeley (Democratic)—2,834,761 (43.90%) 

Charles O’Conor (Straight-Out Democrat)—18,602  (0.29%)

James Black (Prohibition)—3,371 (0.05%)

Others—1,090 (0.02%)

William Palmer (Independent)—440 (0.01%)

George W. Slocum (Independent)—424 (0.01%)

James B. Weaver (Independent)—309 (0.01%)

Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)—0 (0.00%)  (42)

Benjamin G. Brown (National Union)—0 (0.00%)  (18)

Charles J. Jenkins (Democratic)—0 (0.00%)  (2)

David Davis (Liberal Republican)—0 (0.00%)  (1)

 

1876 ELECTION—8,413,101 Voters (1,956,178 More Voters)

Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)—4,288,546 (50.98%)  (184)

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)—4,034,311 (47.95%)  (185)

Peter Cooper (Greenback)—75,973 (0.90%)

Others—6,972 (0.08%)

Green C. Smith (Prohibition)—6,743 (0.08%)

William Palmer (Anti-Masonic)—459 (0.01%)

Louis Brookwater (Independent)—97 (0.00%)

 

1880 ELECTION—9,211,383 Voters (798,282 More Voters)

James A. Garfield (Republican)—4,446,158 (48.27%)  (214)

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)—4,444,260  (48.25%)  (155)

James B. Weaver (Greenback)—305,997 (3.32%)

Neal Dow (Prohibition)—10,305 (0.11%)

Others—3,277 (0.04%)

John W. Phelps (American)—631 (0.01%)

W. Pitt Norris (Independent)—433 (0.01%)

A.C. Brewer (Independent Democrat)—322 (0.00%)

 

1884 ELECTION—10,053,903 Voters (842,520 More Voters)

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)—4,874,621 (48.49%)  (219)

James G. Blaine (Republican)—4,848,936 (48.23%)  (182)

Benjamin F. Butler (Greenback)—175,096 (1.74%)

John P. St. John (Prohibition)—147,482 (1.47%)

Belva A. Lockwood (Equal Rights)—4,149 (0.04%)

Others—3,619 (0.04%)

 

1888 ELECTION—11,383,320 Voters (1,329,417 More Voters)

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)—5,534,488 (48.62%)  (168)

Benjamin Harrison (Republican)—5,443,892  (47.82%)  (233)

Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition)—249,819  (2.20%)

Alson J. Streeter (Union Labor)—146,602 (1.29%)

Others—5,884 (0.05%)

James L. Curtis (American)—1,615 (0.01%)

Robert H. Cowdrey (United Labor)—1,020 (0.01%)

 

1892 ELECTION—12,056,097 Voters (672,777 More Voters)

Grover Cleveland (Democratic)—5,551,883 (46.05%)  (277)

Benjamin Harrison (Republican)—5,179,244 (42.96%)  (145)

James B. Weaver (Populist)—1,024,280 (8.50%)  (22)

John Bidwell (Prohibition)—270,770 (2.25%)

Simon Wing (Socialist Labor)—21,163 (0.18%)

Others—8,757 (0.07%)

 

1896 ELECTION—13,925,738 Voters (1,869,641 More Voters)

William McKinley (Republican)—7,108,480 (51.01%)  (271)

William J. Bryan (Democratic)—6,511,495 (46.73%)  (176)

John McAuley Palmer (National Democrat)—133,435 (0.96%)

Joshua Levering (Prohibition)—125,072 (0.90%)

Charles H. Matchett (Socialist Labor)—36,356 (0.26%)

Charles E. Bentley (National Prohibition)—9,363 (0.14%)

Others—1,537 (0.01%)

1900 ELECTION—13,970,470 Voters (44,732 More Voters)

William McKinley (Republican)—7,218,039 (51.67%)  (292)

William J. Bryan (Democratic)—6,358,345 (45.51%)  (155)

John G. Woolley (Prohibition)—209,004 (1.50%)

Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)—86,935 (0.62%)

Wharton Barker (Populist)—50,340 (0.36%)

Charles H. Matchett (Socialist Labor)—40,900  (0.29%)

Seth H. Ellis (Union Reform)—5,693 (0.04%)

Jonah Fitz Randolph Leonard (United Christian)—518 (0.00%)

Edward Waldo Emerson (National Prohibition)—342 (0.00%)

Others—309 (0.00%)

Leonard W. Bacon (Anti-Imperialist)—45 (0.00%)

 

1904 ELECTION—13,518,964 Voters (451,506 Less Voters)

Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)—7,626,593 (56.41%)  (336)

Alton B. Parker (Democratic)—5,082,898 (37.60%)  (140)

Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)—402,489 (2.98%)

Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition)—258,596 (1.91%)

Thomas E. Watson (Populist)—114,051 (0.84%)

Charles H. Corregan (Socialist Labor)—33,156 (0.25%)

Austin Holcomb (Continental)—826 (0.01%)

Others—355 (0.00%)

 

1908 ELECTION—14,882,739 Voters (1,363,775 More Voters)

William H. Taft (Republican)—7,676,258 (51.58%)  (321)

William J. Bryan (Democratic)—6,406,801 (43.05%)  (162)

Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)—420,380  (2.83%)

Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition)—252,821 (1.70%)

Thomas L. Hisgen (Independence)—82,537  (0.56%)

Wharton Barker (Populist)—28,376 (0.19%)

August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor)—14,018 (0.09%)

Davidson Faction Republican (Independent Republican)—987  (0.01%)

Daniel B. Turney (United Christian)—461 (0.00%)

Others—100 (0.00%)

 

1912 ELECTION—15,040,963 Voters (158,224 More Voters)

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)—6,293,152 (41.84%)  (435)

Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)—4,119,207 (27.39%)  (88)

William H. Taft (Republican)—3,486,333  (23.18%)  (8)

Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)—900,369 (5.99%)

Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition)—207,972  (1.38%)

Arthur E. Reimer (Socialist Labor)—29,374  (0.20%)

Others—4,556  (0.03%)

 

1916 ELECTION—18,535,030 Voters (3,494,067 More Voters)

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)—9,126,300 (49.24%)  (277)

William H. Taft (Republican)—8,546,789 (46.11%)  (254)

Allan L. Benson (Socialist)—589,924  (3.18%)

James F. Hanly (Prohibition)—221,038  (1.19%)

Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)—35,234 (0.19%)

Arthur E. Reimer (Socialist Labor)—15,284 (0.08%)

Others—461 (0.00%)

 

1920 ELECTION—26,774,912 Voters (8,239,882 More Voters)

Warren G. Harding (Republican)—16,153,115 (60.33%)  (404)

James M. Cox (Democratic)—9,133,092  (34.11%)  (127)

Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)—919,490 (3.43%)

Parley P. Christensen (Farmer Labor)—265,411 (0.99%)

Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition)—189,339 (0.71%)

James E. Ferguson (American)—48,098 (0.18%)

William W. Cox (Socialist Labor)—31,716 (0.12%)

(Black and Tan Republican Electors)—27,309  (0.10%)

Robert C. Macauley Jr. (Single Tax)—5,833 (0.02%)

Others—1,167 (0.00%)

(Independent Republican)—342 (0.00%)

 

1924 ELECTION—29,097,344 Voters (2,322,432 More Voters)

Calvin Coolidge (Republican)—15,719,921  (54.03%)  (382)

John W. Davis (Democratic)—8,386,704 (28.82%)  (136)

Robert M. LaFollette (Progressive)—4,832,532 (16.61%)  (13)

Herman P. Faris (Prohibition)—54,833 (0.19%)

William Z. Foster (Communist)—38,080  (0.13%)

Frank T. Johns (Socialist Labor)—28,368 (0.10%)

Gilbert O. Nations (American)—24,215 (0.08%)

(Socialist Party)—5,134 (0.02%)

Others—4,638 (0.02%)

William J. Wallace (Commonwealth Land)—2,919 (0.01%)

 

1928 ELECTION—36,821,505 Voters (7,724,161 More Voters)

Herbert Hoover (Republican)—21,437,277  (58.22%)  (444)

Alfred E. Smith (Democratic)—15,007,698 (40.76%)  (87)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—265,583 (0.72%)

William Z. Foster (Communist)—48,170  (0.13%)

William F. Varney (Prohibition)—34,489 (0.09%)

Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)—21,608 (0.06%)

Frank E. Webb (Farmer Labor)—6,390  (0.02%)

Others—186 (0.00%)

Benjamin Gitlow (Communist)—104 (0.00%)

 

1932 ELECTION—39,756,843 Voters (2,935,338 More Voters)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)—22,829,501  (57.42%)  (472)

Herbert Hoover (Republican)—15,760,684 (39.64%)  (59)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—884,649 (2.23%)

William Z. Foster (Communist)—102,221  (0.26%)

William D. Upshaw (Prohibition)—81,916 (0.21%)

William H. “Coin” Harvey (Liberty)—53,199 (0.13%)

Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)—34,028 (0.09%)

Jacob S. Coxey (Farmer Labor)—7,431  (0.02%)

John Zahnd (National)—1,645 (0.00%)

James R. Cox (Jobless)—741 (0.00%)

Others—667 (0.00%)

Unpledged Jacksonian Electors (Jacksonian)—152 (0.00%)

Arizona Progressive Democrat Electors (Arizona Progressive Democrat)—9 (0.00%)

 

1936 ELECTION—45,656,511 Voters (5,899,668 More Voters)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)—27,757,333 (60.80%)  (523)

Alfred M. Landon (Republican)—16,684,231 (36.54%)  (8)

William Lemke (Union)—892,267  (1.95%)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—187,833 (0.41%)

Earl R. Browder (Communist)—79,211  (0.17%)

David L. Colvin (Prohibition)—37,668 (0.08%)

John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)—12,790 (0.03%)

(Independent Republican)—3,222 (0.01%)

William D. Pelley (Christian)—1,598 (0.00%)

Others—358  (0.00%)

 

1940 ELECTION—49,902,256 Voters (4,245,745 More Voters)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)—27,313,041 (54.73%)  (449)

Wendell L. Willkie (Republican)—22,348,480 (44.79%)  (82)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—116,827 (0.23%)

Roger W. Babson (Prohibition)—58,685 (0.12%)

Earl R. Browder (Communist)—48,548 (0.10%)

John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)—14,883 (0.03%)

Others—1,247 (0.00%)

Alfred B. Knutson (Independent)—545 (0.00%)

 

1944 ELECTION—47,978,109 Voters (1,924,147 Less Voters)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)—25,612,610 (53.38%)  (432)

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)—22,017,617 (45.89%)  (99)

(Texas Regulars)— 135,444 (0.28%)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—79,000 (0.17%)

Claude A. Watson (Prohibition)—74,733  (0.16%)

Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)—45,179 (0.09%)

(Southern Democrats)—7,799 (0.02%)

Others—2,392 (0.01%)

Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (America First)—1,780 (0.00%)

Darlington Hoopes (Socialist)—1,408 (0.00%)

Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor)—147 (0.00%)

 

1948 ELECTION—48,793,826 Voters (815,717 More Voters) 

Harry S. Truman (Democratic)—24,179,345 (49.55%)  (303)

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)—21,991,291 (45.07%)  (189)

Strom Thurmond (States Rights)—1,176,125 (2.41%)  (39)

Henry A. Wallace (Progressive)—1,157,326 (2.37%)

Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)—138,973 (0.29%)

Claude A. Watson (Prohibition)—103,489 (0.21%)

Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)—29,038  (0.06%)

Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers)—13,614 (0.03%)

Fielding L. Wright (States Rights)—2,294 (0.01%)

Others—2,279 (0.01%)

Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (Christian Nationalist)—42 (0.00%)

John G. Scott (Greenback)—6 (0.00%)

John A. Maxwell (Vegetarian)—4 (0.00%)

 

1952 ELECTION—61,551,558 Voters (12,757,732 More Voters)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)—33,936,234 (55.14%)  (442)

Adlai E. Stevenson (Democratic)—27,314,992 (44.38%)  (89)

Vincent W. Hallinan (Progressive)—140,416  (0.23%)

C. Stuart Hamblen (Prohibition)—73,413  (0.12%)

Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)—30,250 (0.05%)

Darlington Hoopes (Socialist)—20,065  (0.03%)

Douglas MacArthur (Christian Nationalist)—17,200  (0.03%)

Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers)—10,312 (0.02%)

Others—4,473 (0.01%)

Henry J. Krajewski (Poor Man’s)—4,203 (0.01%)

 

1956 ELECTION—62,022,472 Voters (470,914 More Voters)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)—35,590,472  (57.38%)  (457)

Adlai E. Stevenson (Democratic)—26,022,752  (41.96%)  (73)

(Independent Electors)—196,318 (0.32%)

Thomas C. Andrews (States Rights)—108,055 (0.17%)

Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)—44,300 (0.07%)

Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition)—41,937 (0.07%)

Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers)—7,797 (0.01%)

Others—4,300 (0.01%)

Harry F. Byrd (States Rights)—2,657 (0.00%)

Darlington Hoopes (Socialist)—2,044 (0.00%)

Henry J. Krajewski (American Third)—1,829 (0.00%)

Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (Christian Nationalist)—11 (0.00%)

Walter B. Jones (Democratic)—0 (0.00%)  (1)

 

1960 ELECTION—68,840,889 Voters (6,818,417 More Voters)

John F. Kennedy (Democratic)—34,226,731 (49.72%)  (303)

Richard M. Nixon (Republican)—34,108,157 (49.55%)  (219)

(Independent Electors)—286,359 (0.42%) 

Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)—47,522  (0.07%)

Rutherford L. Decker (Prohibition)—46,203  (0.07%)

Orval E. Faubus (National States Rights)—44,984  (0.07%)

Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers)—40,166 (0.06%)

Charles L. Sullivan (Constitution)—18,170 (0.03%)

J. Bracken “Brack” Lee (Conservative)—8,708 (0.01%)

Others—5,032 (0.01%)

C. Benton Coiner (Virginia Conservative)—4,204 (0.01%)

Lawrence “Lar” Daly (Tax Cut)—1,767 (0.00%)

Clennon W. King (Independent Afro-American Unity)—1,485 (0.00%)

Merritt B. Curtis (Constitution)—1,401 (0.00%)

Harry F. Byrd (Democratic)—0 (0.00%)   (15)

 

1964 ELECTION—70,644,592 Voters (1,803,703 More Voters)

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)—43,129,566 (61.05%)  (486)

Barry M. Goldwater (Republican)—27,178,188 (38.47%)  (52)

(Unpledged Democratic Electors)—210,732 (0.30%)

Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)—45,187  (0.06%)

Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers)—32,701 (0.05%)

Earle H. Munn (Prohibition)—23,266 (0.03%)

Others—12,708 (0.02%)

John Kasper (National States Rights)—6,953 (0.01%)

Joseph B. Lightburn (Constitution)—5,060 (0.01%)

George Lincoln Rockwell (American Nazi)—212 (0.00%)

Kirby J. Hensley (Universal)—19 (0.00%)

 

1968 ELECTION—73,211,824 Voters (2,567,232 More Voters)

Richard M. Nixon (Republican)—31,785,480 (43.42%)  (301)

Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)—31,275,166  (42.72%)  (191)

George C. Wallace (American Independent)—9,906,473 (13.53%)  (46)

Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor)—52,591 (0.07%)

Richard C. “Dick” Gregory (Freedom & Peace)—47,097 (0.06%)

Frederick W. Halstead (Socialist Workers)—41,390 (0.06%)

Eldridge Cleaver (Peace & Freedom)—36,563 (0.05%)

Eugene J. McCarthy (Independent)—25,552 (0.04%)

Others—22,182 (0.03%)

Earle H. Munn (Prohibition)—15,123 (0.02%)

Ventura Chavez (Peoples Constitutional)—1,519 (0.00%)

New Party Electors (New Party)—1,470 (0.00%)

Charlene Mitchell (Communist)—1,076 (0.00%)

Kirby J. Hensley (Universal)—142 (0.00%)

 

1972 ELECTION—77,726,211 Voters (4,514,387 More Voters)

Richard M. Nixon (Republican)—47,169,911 (60.69%)  (520)

George S. McGovern (Democratic)—29,170,383 (37.53%)  (17)

John G. Schmitz (American)—1,099,482 (1.42%)

Benjamin Spock (People’s)—78,751 (0.10%)

Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor)—53,811 (0.07%)

(Unpledged Socialist Workers Party Electors)—45,343 (0.06%)

Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers)—37,719 (0.05%)

Gus Hall (Communist)—25,343 (0.03%)

Evelyn Reed (Socialist Workers)—14,194 (0.02%)

Earle H. Munn (Prohibition)—13,505 (0.02%)

John Hospers (Libertarian)—8,715 (0.01%)  (1)

Others—6,851 (0.01%)

John V. Mahalchik (America First)—1,743 (0.00%)

Edward A. Wallace (Independent)—460  (0.00%)

 

1976 ELECTION—81,555,098 Voters (3,828,887 More Voters)

Jimmy Carter (Democratic)—40,830,763 (50.07%)  (297)

Gerald R. Ford (Republican)—39,147,793 (48.00%)  (240)

Eugene McCarthy (Independent)—756,691 (0.93%)

Roger L. McBride (Libertarian)—173,011 (0.21%)

Lester Maddox (American Independent)—170,531 (0.21%)

Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Anderson (American)—160,773 (0.20%)

Peter M. Camejo (Socialist Workers)—91,314 (0.11%)

Gus Hall (Communist)—58,992 (0.07%)

Margaret White (People’s)—49,024 (0.06%)

Others—44,575  (0.06%)

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (U.S. Labor)—40,043 (0.05%)

Benjamin C. Bubar (Prohibition)—15,934 (0.02%)

Julius Levin (Socialist Workers)—9,616 (0.01%)

Frank P. Zeidler (Socialist)—6,038 (0.01%)

Ronald Reagan (Republican)—0 (0.00%)  (1)

 

1980 ELECTION—86,486,817 Voters (4,931,719 More Voters)

Ronald Reagan (Republican)—43,904,153 (50.75%)  (489)

Jimmy Carter (Democratic)—35,483,883 (41.02%)  (49)

John B. Anderson (National Unity)—5,720,060 (6.61%)

Edward E. Clark (Libertarian)—921,299 (1.07%)

Barry Commoner (Citizens)—234,294  (0.27%)

Gus Hall (Communist)—45,023 (0.05%)

John R. Rarick (American Independent)—41,268 (0.05%)

Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers)—38,737 (0.05%)

Ellen McCormack (Right to Life)—32,327 (0.04%)

Others—20,247 (0.02%)

Maureen Smith (Peace & Freedom)—18,116 (0.02%)

Deirdre Griswold (Workers World)—13,300 (0.02%)

Benjamin C. Bubar (Prohibition)—7,212 (0.01%)

David McReynolds (Socialist)—6,898 (0.01%)

 

1984 ELECTION—92,652,842 Voters (6,166,205 More Voters)

Ronald Reagan (Republican)—54,455,075 (58.77%)  (525)

Walter F. Mondale (Democratic)—37,577,185 (40.56%)  (13)

David Bergland (Libertarian)—227,204  (0.25%)

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (Independent)—78,773 (0.09%)

Sonia Johnson (Citizens)—71,976 (0.08%)

Bob Richards (Populist)—66,241 (0.07%)

Dennis L. Serrette (New Alliance)—46,809 (0.05%)

Gus Hall (Communist)—36,225 (0.04%)

Melvin T. Mason (Socialist Workers)—24,681 (0.03%)

Others—19,513 (0.02%)

Larry Holmes (Workers World)—15,327 (0.02%)

Delmar Dennis (American)—13,149 (0.01%)

Edward Winn (Workers League)—10,798 (0.01%)

Earl F. Dodge, Jr. (Prohibition)—4,235 (0.01%)

Gavrielle Holmes (Workers World)—2,656 (0.00%)

John B. Anderson (National Unity)—1,479 (0.00%)

Gerald Baker (Big Deal)—892 (0.00%)

Arthur J. Lowery (United Sovereign Citizens)—822 (0.00%)

 

1988 ELECTION—91,594,809 Voters (1,058,033 Less Voters)

George H.W. Bush (Republican)—48,886,588 (53.37%)  (426)

Michael S. Dukakis (Democratic)—41,809,485 (45.65%)  (111)

Ron Paul (Libertarian)—432,179 (0.47%)

Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)—217,219 (0.24%)

David Duke (Populist)—47,047 (0.05%)

Eugene McCarthy (Consumer)—30,905 (0.03%)

James C. Griffin (American Independent)—27,818 (0.03%)

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (National Economic Recovery)—25,562 (0.03%)

William L. Marra (Right to Life)—20,504 (0.02%)

Others—21,041 (0.02%)

Edward Winn (Workers League)—18,693 (0.02%)

James Warren (Socialist Workers)—15,604  (0.02%)

Herbert Lewin (Peace & Freedom)—10,370 (0.01%)

Earl F. Dodge, Jr. (Prohibition)—8,002 (0.01%)

Larry Holmes (Workers World)—7,846 (0.01%)

"None of the Above" (Nevada)—6,934 (0.01%)

Willa Kenoyer (Socialist)—3,882 (0.00%)

Delmar Dennis (American)—3,475 (0.00%)

Jack Herer (Grassroots)—1,949 (0.00%)

Louie G. Youngkeit (Independent)—372 (0.00%)

John G. Martin (Third World Assembly)—236 (0.00%)

Lloyd Bentsen. (Democratic)—0 (0.00%)  (1)

 

1992 ELECTION—104,426,659 Voters (12,831,850 More Voters)

Bill Clinton (Democratic)—44,909,889 (43.01%)  (370)

George H.W. Bush (Republican)—39,104,545 (37.45%)  (168)

H. Ross Perot (Independent)—19,742,267 (18.91%)

Andre Marrou (Libertarian)—291,628 (0.28%)

James “Bo” Gritz (Populist)—107,002 (0.10%)

Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)—73,708 (0.07%)

Howard Phillips (U.S. Taxpayers)—43,398 (0.04%)

John Hagelin (Natural Law)—39,163 (0.04%)

Ron Daniels (Peace & Freedom)—27,969 (0.03%)

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (National Economic Recovery)—26,334 (0.02%)

James Warren (Socialist Workers)—23,091 (0.02%)

Others—13,907 (0.01%)

Drew Bradford (Independent)—4,749 (0.01%)

Jack Herer (Grassroots)—3,875 (0.00%)

John Q. Brisben (Socialist)—3,064 (0.00%)

Helen Halyard (Workers League)—3,050 (0.00%)

"None of These Candidates" (Nevada)—2,537 (0.00%)

John Yiamouyiannis (Independent)—2,199 (0.00%)

Delbert Ehlers (Independent)—1,149 (0.00%)

Earl Dodge (Prohibition)—961 (0.00%)

Jim Boren (Apathy)—956 (0.00%)

Eugene Hem (Third Party)—405 (0.00%)

Isabelle Masters (Looking Back Group)—339 (0.00%)

Robert J. Smith (American)—293 (0.00%)

Gloria Estella La Riva (Workers World)—181 (0.00%)

 

1996 ELECTION—96,277,634 Voters (8,149,025 Less Voters)

Bill Clinton (Democratic)—47,402,357 (49.24%)  (379)

Bob Dole (Republican)—39,198,755 (40.71%)  (159)

H. Ross Perot (Independent)—8,085,402 (8.40%)

Ralph Nader (Green)—685,128 (0.71%)

Harry Browne (Libertarian)—485,798 (0.50%)

Howard Phillips (U.S. Taxpayers)—184,820 (0.19%)

John Hagelin (Natural Law)—113,670 (0.12%)

Monica Moorehead (Workers World)—29,083 (0.03%)

Marsha Feinland (Peace & Freedom)—25,332 (0.03%)

Others—24,546 (0.03%)

Charles E. Collins (Independent)—8,952 (0.01%)

James E. Harris (Socialist Workers)—8,476 (0.01%)

“None of These Candidates” (Nevada)—5,608 (0.01%)

Dennis Peron (Grassroots)—5,378 (0.01%)

Mary Cal Hollis (Socialist)—4,766 (0.00%)

Jerome White (Socialist Equality)—2,438 (0.00%)

Diane Beall Templin (American)—1,847 (0.00%)

Earl F. Dodge (Prohibition)—1,298 (0.00%)

A. Peter Crane (Independent)—1,101 (0.00%)

Justice Ralph Forbes (America First)—932 (0.00%)

John Birrenbach (Independent Grassroots)—787 (0.00%)

Isabell Masters (Looking Back)—752 (0.00%)

Steve Michael (Independent)—408 (0.00%)

 

2000 ELECTION—105,405,100 Voters (9,127,466 More Voters)

Al Gore (Democratic)—50,999,897 (48.38%)  (266)

George W. Bush (Republican)—50,456,002 (47.87%)  (271)

Ralph Nader (Green)—2,882,955 (2.74%)

Pat Buchanan (Reform)—448,895 (0.43%)

Harry Browne (Libertarian)—384,431 (0.37%)

Howard Phillips (Constitution)—98,020 (0.09%)

John Hagelin (Natural Law)—83,714 (0.08%)

Others—20,752 (0.02%)

James E. Harris (Socialist Workers)—7,378 (0.01%)

L. Neil Smith (Libertarian)—5,775 (0.00%)

David McReynolds (Socialist)—5,602 (0.00%)

Monica Moorehead (Workers World)—4,795 (0.00%)

"None of These Candidates" (Nevada)—3,315 (0.00%)

Kathy G. Brown (Independent)—1,606 (0.00%)

Denny Lane (Vermont Grassroots)—1,044 (0.00%)

Randall Venson (Independent)—535 (0.00%)

Earl F. Dodge (Prohibition)—208 (0.00%)

Louie G. Youngkeit (Independent)—161 (0.00%)

 

2004 ELECTION—122,295,345 Voters (16,890,245 More Voters)

George W. Bush (Republican)—62,040,610 (50.73%)  (286)

John Kerry (Democratic)—59,028,444 (48.27%)  (251)

Ralph Nader (Independent)—465,650 (0.38%)

Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)—397,265 (0.32%)

Michael A. Peroutka (Constitution)—143,630 (0.12%)

David K. Cobb (Green)—119,859 (0.10%)

Others—37,240 (0.03%)

Leonard Peltier (Peace & Freedom)—27,607 (0.02%)

Walt F. Brown (Socialist)—10,837 (0.01%)

James E. Harris (Socialist Workers)—7,102 (0.01%)

Róger Calero (Socialist Workers)—3,689 (0.00%)

 (“None of These Candidates”)—3,688 (0.00%)

Thomas J. Harens (Christian Freedom)—2,387 (0.00%)

Gene C. Amondson (Prohibition)—1,944 (0.00%)

Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality)—1,857 (0.00%)

John Parker (Workers World/Liberty Union)—1,646 (0.00%)

Charles Jay (Personal Choice)—946 (0.00%)

Stanford E. (Andy) Andress (Unaffiliated)—804 (0.00%)

Earl F. Dodge (Prohibition)—140 (0.00%)

 

2008 ELECTION—131,313,820 Voters (8,795,972 More Voters)

Barack Obama (Democratic)—69,498,516 (52.93%)  (365)

John McCain (Republican)—59,948,323 (45.65%)  (173)

Ralph Nader (Independent)—739,034 (0.56%)

Bob Barr (Libertarian)—523,715 (0.40%)

Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)—199,750 (0.15%)

Cynthia McKinney (Green)—161,797 (0.12%)

(Write-In)—112,597(0.09%)

Alan L. Keyes (America’s Independent)—47,746 (0.04%)

Ron Paul (Constitution)—42,426 (0.03%)

Gloria E. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)—6,818 (0.01%)

Brian P. Moore (Socialist)—6,538 (0.01%)

“None of These Candidates” (Nevada)—6,267 (0.01%)

Hillary Clinton (Democratic)—5,151 (0.00%)

Róger Calero (Socialist Workers)—5,127 (0.00%)

Richard Duncan (Independent)—3,905 (0.00%)

James Harris (Socialist Workers)—2,424 (0.00%)