Election History By State, Historical Presidential Election Map Timeline

Use the link below the legend for a more detailed narrative of that election including for most years an interactive electoral map that lets you change the course of history.

Election jeanne darc orleans. Since statehood in 1850 california has participated in every us. 1996 even though the 2012 race was closer in the electoral vote. Change the year to display a different presidential election.

Change the year to display a different presidential election. Recent elections quick view. It is a way to see the relative competitiveness of states as well as the change in states over time.

Electoral college who pledge to vote for a specific political partys nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election. Close presidential elections throughout american history have borne this out.

Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections. Youll see trends and polls for the 2020 election as well as a voting history and narrative for all prior elections. As set forth in article two each state is allocated a number of.

Article two of the constitution originally established the method of presidential elections including the creation of the electoral college the result of a compromise between those constitutional framers who wanted the congress to choose the president and those who preferred a national popular vote. Elections and united states election project stacker ranked how close the electoral vote between the winning presidential candidate and the runner up candidate was in each of the 58 elections in american history. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race.

In fact only four states were decided by 5 or less in 2012. Incorporating 1789 2016 presidential election data from 270towin dave leips atlas of us. The claim that every vote counts is especially true in swing states.

From 1852 through 1988 california was a swing state with many close presidential elections. For example note how much darker the map is in 2012 vs. The following is a table of united states presidential election results by state.

Use the slider to view the statewide popular vote winner from 1980 through. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the us. Select a state or district of columbia below to learn more about how its citizens tend to vote in presidential elections.

Following is a table of united states presidential elections in texas ordered by yearsince its admission to statehood in 1845 texas has participated in every us. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. Truman defeated thomas dewey in.