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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.
Following is a list of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received. Elections have tended to have more participation in each successive election, due to the increasing population of the United States, and, in some instances, expansion of the right to vote to larger segments of society.
Since the 1860 election, U.S. presidential elections have been dominated by candidates affiliated with the Democratic and Republican parties.
From 1789 until 1820, there was no popular vote, and the President was then chosen only by the electors from each state. George Washington was unanimously voted for by the electorate,...
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.
Presidential Election results for every election, from 1789 to the present. Includes all candidates, their parties, number of electoral and popular votes.
Source (1948-1980): US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010. (Table 389)
In the 2020 election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump received 81.3 million and 74.2 million votes respectively, both beating Barack Obama's previous record of 69.3 million ballots in 2008. Zoomable...
Electoral vote and popular vote by state. Presents election returns by regions and compares each region to the national vote. Also examines voting patterns by state.
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.