Election Presidential Election Results History

1 in elections from 1789 to 1804 each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president.

Election presidential election results history. American elections are no stranger to controversy. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. Article two of the constitution originally established the method of presidential elections including the creation of the electoral college the result of a compromise between those constitutional framers who wanted the congress to choose the president and those who preferred a national popular vote.

As set forth in article two each state is allocated a number of. United states presidential elections 2020 election disputed elections are a rare occurrence in american politics but if president donald trump gets his way 2020 may be added to the list. It takes 270 electoral votes of the 538 available to become president.

Year candidate political party electoral votes 1 popular votes 2 popular percentage 3. The 2000 election is the longest in contemporary american history in terms of elapsed time in days michael w. President elect joe biden is projected to win 306 electoral votes and trump is projected to win 232.

This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. But while many facets of the 2020 election such as the role of covid 19 are unprecedented the u s. See maps and real time presidential election results for the 2020 us election.

Traugott a professor emeritus of political science at the university of michigan. Presidential elections 1789 2020 election results for every election from 1789 to the present. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections.

Does have a history of presidential elections that took more than a vote to resolve. 2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states. In the wake of the 2020 presidential race rife with fear threats and deep divisions here s a look back at some of the biggest election.