Presidential Election Voting Results History

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Presidential election voting results history. The results are listed by state and include washington d c. See the electoral college votes by state for past presidential elections. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race.
The 2016 election saw a historic number of electors change their votes with 5 pledged to hillary clinton voting for colin powell 3 washington bernie sanders 1 hawaii and faith spotted eagle 1 washington. The 2016 election saw a historic number of electors change their votes with 2 pledged to donald trump voting for john kasich 1 texas and ron paul 1 texas. President for years when there is a presidential election national archives resources.
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. 2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections.
Year candidate political party electoral votes 1 popular votes 2 popular percentage 3. House of representatives resources. As set forth in article two each state is allocated a number of.