Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

Table A3

Presidential elections: the Popular Vote and Electoral College votes, 1932–2004

Democrat

Republican

Others

Popular vote 000s

Electoral College vote

Popular vote 000s

Electoral College vote

Popular vote 000s

Electoral College vote

1932

F.D. Roosevelt

22,829

472

H. Hoover

15,760

59

1,163

1936

F.D. Roosevelt

27,758

523

A.M. Landon

16,684

8

1,215

1940

F.D. Roosevelt

27,313

449

W. Willkie

22,348

82

262

1944

F.D. Roosevelt

25,612

432

T.E. Dewey

22,017

99

347

1948

H.S. Truman

24,179

303

T.E. Dewey

21,991

189

2,616

39

1952

A. Stevenson

27,315

89

D.D. Eisenhower

33,936

442

149

1956

A. Stevenson

26,023

73

D.D. Eisenhower

35,590

457

402

1

1960

J.F. Kennedy

34,227

303

R.M. Nixon

34,108

219

502

15

1964

L.B. Johnson

43,129

486

B. Goldwater

27,178

52

337

1968

H.H. Humphrey

31,275

191

R.M. Nixon

31,785

301

10,145

46

1972

G. McGovern

29,170

17

R.M. Nixon

47,170

520

1,345

1

1976

J. Carter

40,831

297

G.R. Ford

39,148

240

1,527

1

1980

J. Carter

35,484

49

R. Reagan

43,904

489

7,128

1984

W. Mondale

37,577

13

R. Reagan

54,455

525

621

1988

M.S. Dukakis

41,809

111

G. Bush

48,886

426

899

1

1992

W.J. Clinton

44,909

370

G. Bush

39,104

168

20,412

1996

W.J. Clinton

47,402

379

W. Dole

39,199

159

9,677

2000

A. Gore

51,004

266

G.W. Bush

50,459

271

3,949

1

2004

J. Kerry

59,028

251

G.W. Bush

62,041

286

1,166

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