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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 and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
Share of popular votes for the Democratic and Republican parties in presidential elections from 1860 to 2020.
The following list indicates lifetime popular votes received across multiple elections in which the candidate was the nominee of a political party or was otherwise on a presidential ballot. It does include write-in votes that may have been received by candidates in elections in which they were not candidates.
Click on an election year in the interactive below to learn more about the candidates and political parties and to view electoral and popular vote counts. The table below the interactive also provides the historical results.
Popular Votes 1940-2016. 1 Includes votes for minor party candidates, independents, unpledged electors, and scattered write-in votes. † Source: US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2002. (Table 370) Source (1948-1980): US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010. (Table 389)
Through 2020, there have been 59 presidential elections. This page links to the results of those historical elections, including a larger map, results and synopsis of the race. An interactive version of each map is also available, letting you change history.
Since 1824, most states have adopted a winner-take-all approach to presidential elections, where electors cast all ballots for the state-wide winner of the popular vote. The total number of...
Presidential Election results for every election, from 1789 to the present. Includes all candidates, their parties, number of electoral and popular votes.
Detailed national results of US Presidential Elections from 1789 through 2012, US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections since 1990. Site includes election data, county maps and state maps, charts. State and county results from 1892 through 2012.
Official, state-certified election returns and key data by county and by district for presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections from 1956 to the present. Also contains primary results for congressional (House and Senate) and gubernatorial elections. Published every two years.