Winning margins for votes in U.S. presidential elections 1789|2020

Winning margins for votes in U.S. presidential elections 1789-2020

There are many critics of the electoral college system, whose main argument is that the most popular candidate is not always elected president, ...

List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin

In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states ...

Presidential Election Margin of Victory

A common view is that a president's popular mandate, as measured by the size of his margins of victory in the popular and electoral vote, predicts the ...

Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin

Through 2020, there have been 59 presidential elections. This page links to the results of those historical elections, including a larger map, results and ...

Share of electoral and popular votes by US president 1789-2020

Every four years in the United States, the electoral college system is used to determine the winner of the presidential election.

Historical U.S. Presidential Election Results - Britannica

The president and vice president of the United States are formally elected through an electoral college. Members (“electors”) of this ...

Historical Presidential Elections by State Margin of Victory - 270toWin

The maps on this page show the relative competitiveness of the states for each presidential election from 1972 through 2020.

Behind Biden's 2020 Victory | Pew Research Center

Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump 306-232 in the Electoral College and had a 4-point margin in the popular vote.

Presidential Election Results 2020: Biden Wins - The New York Times

Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States. See full results and maps from the 2020 presidential election.

The 7 Biggest Landslides in US Presidential History

Here are seven landslide American presidential elections with the greatest margins of victory, ranked from smallest to largest.

US election result: Where did Harris and her campaign go wrong?

The pre-election predictions were clear: The contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would be decided ...

Electoral College wins bigger than popular vote ones, including in ...

Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump by about 4.45 percentage points, according to Pew Research Center's tabulation of final or near-final ...

The Power of One Vote - Center for American Progress

There are a total of 538 Electoral College votes; for a candidate to be elected president, they must receive a majority—at least 270—of these ...

Frequently Asked Questions | National Archives

If the candidate with a majority of the electoral votes is considered “President elect” before the counting of electoral votes in Congress, §3 of the 20th ...

How the presidential vote margin shifted over the past three elections

We are tracking how winning margins have shifted throughout the US. Select a county below to see how it voted in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or ...

This page provides an overview of statewide presidential election results from 1948 to 2020 where the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer.

Narrow Wins In These Key States Powered Biden To The Presidency

Joe Biden topped President Trump by nearly 7 million votes, and 74 votes in the Electoral College, but his victory really was stitched ...

2020 National Popular Vote Tracker - Cook Political Report

Please note that results are not yet final except where noted in the table below. Joe Biden Donald Trump 306 Electoral ...

Did Trump win the popular vote? His 2024 margin of victory

Despite polls predicting a tight race, Trump had already swept key swing states including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by Wednesday morning.

In a US presidential election with razor-thin margins, will 'couch ...

More than 40% of Democrats and Republicans didn't vote in the past three US elections. These non-voters could be pivotal in deciding who ...