Presidential election records

Closest elections

Decided by the smallest electoral-vote margins.

1. #11824John Quincy Adams def. Andrew Jackson84–99margin -15
2. #21876Rutherford B. Hayes def. Samuel J. Tilden185–184margin 1
3. #31796John Adams def. Thomas Jefferson71–68margin 3
4. #42000George W. Bush def. Al Gore271–266margin 5
5. #51800Thomas Jefferson def. John Adams73–65margin 8
6. #61916Woodrow Wilson def. Charles Evans Hughes277–254margin 23
7. #72004George W. Bush def. John Kerry286–251margin 35
8. #81789George Washington def. John Adams69–34margin 35
9. #91848Zachary Taylor def. Lewis Cass163–127margin 36
10. #101884Grover Cleveland def. James G. Blaine219–182margin 37
11. #111812James Madison def. DeWitt Clinton128–89margin 39
12. #121792George Washington def. John Adams132–77margin 55
13. #131976Jimmy Carter def. Gerald Ford297–240margin 57
14. #141880James A. Garfield def. Winfield Scott Hancock214–155margin 59
15. #151856James Buchanan def. John C. Frémont174–114margin 60

Biggest landslides

Won by the largest electoral-vote margins.

1. #11936Franklin D. Roosevelt98.5% EV523/531
2. #21984Ronald Reagan97.6% EV525/538
3. #31972Richard Nixon96.7% EV520/538
4. #41980Ronald Reagan90.9% EV489/538
5. #51964Lyndon B. Johnson90.3% EV486/538
6. #61932Franklin D. Roosevelt88.9% EV472/531
7. #71956Dwight D. Eisenhower86.1% EV457/531
8. #81940Franklin D. Roosevelt84.6% EV449/531
9. #91928Herbert Hoover83.6% EV444/531
10. #101952Dwight D. Eisenhower83.2% EV442/531
11. #111912Woodrow Wilson81.9% EV435/531
12. #121944Franklin D. Roosevelt81.4% EV432/531
13. #131988George H.W. Bush79.2% EV426/538
14. #141920Warren G. Harding76.1% EV404/531
15. #151924Calvin Coolidge71.9% EV382/531

Won electoral, lost popular vote

Elections where the winner received fewer popular votes than the runner-up.

Highest popular-vote share

Elections with the highest share of the popular vote.

1. #11964Lyndon B. Johnson61.1%
2. #21936Franklin D. Roosevelt60.8%
3. #31972Richard Nixon60.7%
4. #41920Warren G. Harding60.3%
5. #51984Ronald Reagan58.8%
6. #61928Herbert Hoover58.2%
7. #71956Dwight D. Eisenhower57.4%
8. #81932Franklin D. Roosevelt57.4%
9. #91904Theodore Roosevelt56.4%
10. #101828Andrew Jackson56%
11. #111872Ulysses S. Grant55.6%
12. #121952Dwight D. Eisenhower55.2%
13. #131864Abraham Lincoln55%
14. #141940Franklin D. Roosevelt54.7%
15. #151832Andrew Jackson54.2%