Us Presidential Election Years History

Today there are 538 seats in the electoral college and many elections see very small margins for victory.

Us presidential election years history. The first us presidential election in 1789 was a unanimous win for george washington with 69 seats in the electoral college at the time. 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. 2 in early elections electors were chosen by legislatures not by popular vote in many states.

These electors then cast direct votes known as electoral votes for president. These reports are run by state every two years and are available for elections from 1982 to 2016. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history.

Abraham lincoln the chosen nominee of the fledgling republican party and a steadfast opponent of slavery wasn t. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections. States or in washington d c cast ballots not directly for those offices but instead for members of the electoral college.

This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. Election results for every election from 1789 to the present. The federal election commission releases the official results of federal elections.

The presidential election of 1860 wasn t just contentious it tore the nation apart. For the original method of electing the president and the vice president elections of 1789 1792 1796 and 1800 see article ii section 1 of the constitution. Fittingly the first election would become the only election in us history to see a unanimous victory.

Includes all candidates their parties number of electoral and popular votes. They include primary runoff and general election results for. 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.