US Presidential Election History (%)

[ElectionsGuy]

I just decided to do this. I realize there is an entire result section of the site, but I thought here that you can compare margins and percentages very easily. Plus I like pretty colors and organized thought. Anything below 5% is not reported.

1824:

Adams (D-R): 30.9%
Jackson (D-R): 41.4%
Crawford (D-R): 11.2%
Clay (D-R): 13.0%

1828:

Jackson (D): 55.9%
Adams (R): 43.7%

1832:

Jackson (D): 54.7%
Clay (R): 36.9%
Wirt (A-M): 7.8%

1836:

Van Buren (D): 50.8%
Harrison (W): 36.6%
White (W): 9.7%

1840:

Harrison (W): 52.9%
Van Buren (D): 46.8%

1844:

Polk (D): 49.5%
Clay (W): 48.1%

1848:

Taylor (W): 47.3%
Cass (D): 42.5%
Van Buren (FS): 10.1%

1852:

Pierce (D): 50.8%
Scott (W): 43.9%

1856:

Buchanan (D): 45.3%
Fremont (R): 33.1%
Fillmore (W-A): 21.5%

1860:

Lincoln (R): 39.6%
Breckenridge (SD): 18.2%
Bell (CU): 12.6%
Douglas (D): 29.5%

1864:

Lincoln (R): 55.0%
McClellan (D): 45.0%

1868:

Grant (R): 52.7%
Seymour (D): 47.3%

1872:

Grant (R): 55.6%
Greeley (D): 43.8%

1876:

Hayes (R): 47.9%
Tilden (D): 50.9%

1880:

Garfield (R): 48.3%
Hancock (D): 48.2%

1884:

Cleveland (D): 48.9%
Blaine (R): 48.3%

1888:

Harrison (R): 47.8%
Cleveland (D): 48.6%

1892:

Cleveland (D): 46.0%
Harrison (R): 43.0%
Weaver (Po): 8.5%

1896:

McKinley (R): 51.0%
Bryan (D): 46.7%

1900:

McKinley (R): 51.6%
Bryan (D): 45.5%

1904:

Roosevelt (R): 56.4%
Parker (D): 37.6%

1908:

Taft (R): 51.6%
Bryan (D): 43.0%

1912:

Wilson (D): 41.8%
Roosevelt (Prog): 27.4%
Taft (R): 23.2%
Debs (S): 6.0%

1916:

Wilson (D): 49.2%
Hughes (R): 46.1%

1920:

Harding (R): 60.3%
Cox (D): 34.1%

1924:

Coolidge (R): 54.0%
Davis (D): 28.8%
LaFollette (Prog): 16.6%

1928:

Hoover (R): 58.2%
Smith (D): 40.8%

1932:

Roosevelt (D): 57.4%
Hoover (R): 39.6%

1936:

Roosevelt (D): 60.8%
Landon (R): 36.5%

1940:

Roosevelt (D): 54.7%
Willkie (R): 44.8%

1944:

Roosevelt (D): 53.4%
Dewey (R): 45.9%

1948:

Truman (D): 49.6%
Dewey (R): 45.1%

1952:

Eisenhower (R): 55.2%
Stevenson (D): 44.3%

1956:

Eisenhower (R): 57.4%
Stevenson (D): 42.0%

1960:

Kennedy (D): 49.7%
Nixon (R): 49.6%

1964:

Johnson (D): 61.1%
Goldwater (R): 38.5%

1968:

Nixon (R): 43.4%
Humphrey (D): 42.7%
Wallace (AI): 13.5%

1972:

Nixon (R): 60.7%
McGovern (D): 37.5%

1976:

Carter (D): 50.1%
Ford (R): 48.0%

1980:

Reagan (R): 50.7%
Carter (D): 41.0%
Anderson (I): 6.6%

1984:

Reagan (R): 58.8%
Mondale (D): 40.6%

1988:

Bush (R): 53.4%
Dukakis (D): 45.6%

1992:

Clinton (D): 43.0%
Bush (R): 37.4%
Perot (I): 18.9%

1996:

Clinton (D): 49.2%
Dole (R): 40.7%
Perot (I): 8.4%

2000:

Bush (R): 47.9%
Gore (D): 48.4%

2004:

Bush (R): 50.7%
Kerry (D): 48.3%

2008:

Obama (D): 52.9%
McCain (R): 45.7%

2012:

Obama (D): 51.1%
Romney (R): 47.2%

[SingingAnalyst]

The consistency (by state) of 2000-2012 is something we have not seen since 1896-1908.