Us Election History Results

2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states.

Us election history results. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the u s. These electors then cast direct votes known as electoral votes for president.

To view maps and results from all prior presidential elections on a single page see this historical elections timeline. These reports are run by state every two years and are available for elections from 1982 to 2016. The federal election commission releases the official results of federal elections.

Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election. The candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote however the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation s president or vice president. The election of the president and the vice president of the united states is an indirect election in which citizens of the united states who are registered to vote in one of the fifty u s.

Year candidate political party electoral votes 1 popular votes 2 popular percentage 3. 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. Federal election commission resources.

In a united states presidential election the popular vote is the total number or percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and washington d c. Election results for every election from 1789 to the present. The following is a table of united states presidential election results by state.

An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. Includes all candidates their parties number of electoral and popular votes. You can find the results of past federal elections from several government sources.