Electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections
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The following is a summary of the electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections. It summarizes the changes in the Electoral College vote by comparing United States presidential election results for a given year with those from the immediate preceding election. It tracks those states that changed their support between parties as well as changes resulting from other factors, such as reapportionment.
1820 vs. 1816
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1820: Democratic-Republican Party
1816 electoral vote James Monroe |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1816 result under the 1820 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1820 electoral vote James Monroe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
183 | 2 | 185 | 48 | 1 | 231 |
Alabama(3) Connecticut(9) Delaware(4) Illinois(9) Massachusetts(15) Maine(3) Mississippi(2) Missouri(3) |
New Hampshire(1)* |
* Monroe received only 7 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820.
1824 vs. 1820
Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1824: one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party
1820 electoral vote John Quincy Adams |
Gains | Losses | 1824 electoral vote John Quincy Adams |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 83 | 84 | |
Connecticut(8) Delaware(1)* Illinois(1)† Louisiana(2)‡ Maryland(3)↑ Maine(9) Massachusetts(15) New Hampshire(7)↓ New York (26)# Rhode Island(4) Vermont(7) |
Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes of the winning candidate, even though he did not receive a plurality of the electoral votes and the election was decided in the United States House of Representatives.
* Adams received only 1 of Delaware's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
† Adams received only 1 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
‡ Adams received only 2 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
↑ Adams received only 3 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
↓ Adams received only 1 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820 and all 8 in 1824.
# Adams received only 26 of New York's 36 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
1828 vs. 1824
Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1828: candidate of the Democratic Party in 1828 and one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party in 1824
1824 electoral vote Andrew Jackson |
Gains | Losses | 1828 electoral vote Andrew Jackson |
---|---|---|---|
99 | 89 | 10 | 178 |
Georgia(9) Illinois(1)* Kentucky(14) Louisiana(2)† Maine(1)‡ Missouri(3) New York(19)↑ Ohio(16) Virginia(24) |
Maryland(2)↓ New Jersey(8) |
Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes changes of the winning candidate of 1828.
* Jackson received only 2 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
† Jackson received only 3 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
‡ Jackson received only 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in the 1828 election.
↑ Jackson received 1 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1824 and 20 of 26 in 1828.
↓ Jackson received 7 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1824 and 5 of 11 in 1828.
1832 vs. 1828
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1832: Democratic Party
1828 electoral vote Andrew Jackson |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1828 result under the 1832 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1832 electoral vote Andrew Jackson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
178 | 23 | 201 | 46 | 28 | 219 |
Maine(9)* New Hampshire(7) New Jersey(8) New York(22)† |
Kentucky(15) Maryland(2)‡ South Carolina(11) |
* Jackson received 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in 1828 and all 10 in 1832.
† Jackson received 20 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1828 and all 42 in 1832.
‡ Jackson received 5 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1828 and 3 of 8 in 1832.
1836 vs. 1832
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1836: Democratic Party
1832 electoral vote Andrew Jackson |
Gains | Losses | 1836 electoral vote Martin Van Buren |
---|---|---|---|
219 | 18 | 67 | 170 |
Arkansas(3) Connecticut(8) Michigan(3) Rhode Island(4) |
Georgia(11) Indiana(9) Maryland(3)* New Jersey(8) Ohio(21) Tennessee(15) |
* Jackson received only 3 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1832 election.
1840 vs. 1836
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1840: Whig Party
1836 electoral vote William Henry Harrison Hugh Lawson White Daniel Webster |
Gains | Losses | 1840 electoral vote William Henry Harrison |
---|---|---|---|
113 | 121 | 154 | |
Connecticut(8) Louisiana(5) Maine(10) Michigan(3) Mississippi(4) New York(42) North Carolina(15) Pennsylvania(30) Rhode Island(4) |
1844 vs. 1840
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1844: Democratic Party
1840 electoral vote Martin Van Buren |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1840 result under the 1844 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1844 electoral vote James Polk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | 0 | 60 | 110 | 170 | |
Georgia(10) Indiana(12) Louisiana(6) Maine(9) Michigan(5) Mississippi(6) New York(36) Pennsylvania(26) |
1848 vs. 1844
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1848: Whig Party
1844 electoral vote Henry Clay |
Gains | Losses | 1848 electoral vote Zachary Taylor |
---|---|---|---|
105 | 81 | 23 | 163 |
Georgia(10) Florida(3) Louisiana(6) New York(36) Pennsylvania(26) |
Ohio(23) |
1852 vs. 1848
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1852: Democratic Party
1848 electoral vote Lewis Cass |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1848 result under the 1852 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1852 electoral vote Franklin Pierce |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
127 | 4 | 131 | 123 | 254 | |
California(4) Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Florida(3) Georgia(10) Louisiana(6) Maryland(8) New Jersey(7) New York(35) North Carolina(10) Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) |
1856 vs. 1852
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1856: Democratic Party
1852 electoral vote Franklin Pierce |
Gains | Losses | 1856 electoral vote James Buchanan |
---|---|---|---|
254 | 24 | 104 | 174 |
Kentucky(12) Tennessee(12) |
Connecticut(6) Iowa(4) Maine(8) Maryland(8) Michigan(6) New Hampshire(5) New York(35) Ohio(23) Rhode Island(4) Wisconsin(5) |
1860 vs. 1856
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1860: Republican Party
1856 electoral vote John Fremont |
Gains | Losses | 1860 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln |
---|---|---|---|
114 | 66 | 180 | |
California(4) Illinois(11) Indiana(3) Minnesota(4) New Jersey(4)* Oregon(3) Pennsylvania(27) |
* Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in the 1860 election.
1864 vs. 1860
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1864: Republican Party
1860 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1860 result under the 1864 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1864 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
180 | 8 | 188 | 28 | 4 | 212 |
Kansas(3) Maryland(7) Missouri(11) Nevada(2) West Virginia(5) |
New Jersey(4)* |
* Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in 1860.
1868 vs. 1864
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1868: Republican Party
1864 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1864 result under the 1868 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1868 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
212 | 1 | 213 | 44 | 43 | 214 |
Alabama(8) Arkansas(5) Florida(3) Nebraska(3) North Carolina(9) South Carolina(6) Tennessee(10) |
Maryland(7) New York(33) Oregon(3) |
1872 vs. 1868
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1868: Republican Party
1868 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1868 result under the 1872 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1872 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
214 | 35 | 249 | 69 | 32 | 286 |
Delaware(3) Mississippi(8) New Jersey(9) New York(35) Oregon(3) Virginia(11) |
Arkansas(5) Missouri(15) Tennessee(12) |
1876 vs. 1872
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1876: Republican Party
1872 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant |
Gains | Losses | 1876 electoral vote Rutherford B. Hayes |
---|---|---|---|
286 | 11 | 118 | 185 |
Colorado(3) Louisiana(8) |
Alabama(10) Arkansas(6) Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Indiana(15) New Jersey(9) New York(35) North Carolina(10) Virginia(11) West Virginia(5) |
1880 vs. 1876
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1880: Republican Party
1876 electoral vote Rutherford Hayes |
Gains | Losses | 1880 electoral vote James Garfield |
---|---|---|---|
185 | 56 | 27 | 214 |
Connecticut(6) Indiana(15) New York(35) |
California(5)* Florida(4) Louisiana(8) South Carolina(7) Nevada(3) |
* Garfield received only 1 of California's 6 electoral votes in the 1880 election.
1884 vs. 1880
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1884: Democratic Party
1880 electoral vote Winfield Hancock |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1880 result under the 1884 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1884 electoral vote Grover Cleveland |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
155 | 15 | 170 | 57 | 8 | 219 |
Connecticut(6) Indiana(15) New York(36) |
California(5)* Nevada(3) |
* Hancock received only 5 of California's 6 electoral votes in 1880.
1888 vs. 1884
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1888: Republican Party
1884 electoral vote James G. Blaine |
Gains | Losses | 1888 electoral vote Benjamin Harrison |
---|---|---|---|
182 | 51 | 233 | |
Indiana(15) New York(36) |
1892 vs. 1888
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1888: Democratic Party
1888 electoral vote Grover Cleveland |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1888 result under the 1892 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1892 electoral vote Grover Cleveland |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
168 | 7 | 175 | 102 | 277 | |
California(8)* Illinois(24) Indiana(15) Michigan(5)† New York(36) North Dakota(1)‡ Ohio(1)↑ Wisconsin(12) |
* Cleveland received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
† Cleveland received only 5 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
‡ Cleveland received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↑ Cleveland received only 1 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
1896 vs. 1892
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1896: Republican Party
1892 electoral vote Benjamin Harrison |
Gains | Losses | 1896 electoral vote William McKinley |
---|---|---|---|
145 | 148 | 22 | 271 |
California(7)* Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Illinois(24) Indiana(15) Kentucky(12)† Maryland(8) Michigan(5)‡ New Jersey(10) New York(36) North Dakota(2)↑ Ohio(1)↓ Oregon(1)# West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(12) |
Montana(3) Nebraska(8) South Dakota(4) Washington(4) Wyoming(3) |
* Harrison received 1 of California's 9 electoral votes in 1892 vs. McKinley's 8 of 9 in 1896.
† McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election.
‡ Harrison received only 9 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↑ Harrison received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↓ Harrison received only 22 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
# Harrison received only 3 of Oregon's 4 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
1900 vs. 1896
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1900: Republican Party
1896 electoral vote William McKinley |
Gains | Losses | 1900 electoral vote William McKinley |
---|---|---|---|
271 | 33 | 12 | 292 |
California(1)* Kansas(10) Nebraska(8) South Dakota(4) Utah(3) Washington(4) Wyoming(3) |
Kentucky(12)† |
* McKinley received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1896 election.
† McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election.
1904 vs. 1900
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1904: Republican Party
1900 electoral vote William McKinley |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1900 result under the 1904 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1904 electoral vote Theodore Roosevelt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
292 | 19 | 311 | 32 | 7 | 336 |
Colorado(5) Idaho(3) Missouri(18) Montana(3) Nevada(3) |
Maryland(7)* |
* Theodore Roosevelt received only 1 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1904 election
1908 vs. 1904
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1908: Republican Party
1904 electoral vote Theodore Roosevelt |
Gains | Losses | 1908 electoral vote William Taft |
---|---|---|---|
336 | 1 | 16 | 321 |
Maryland(1)* | Colorado(5) Nebraska(8) Nevada(3) |
* Taft received 2 of 8 Maryland electors in 1908 vs. Roosevelt's 1 of 8 in 1904
1912 vs. 1908
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1912: Democratic Party
1908 electoral vote William Jennings Bryan |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1908 result under the 1912 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1912 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
162 | 10 | 172 | 263 | 435 | |
California(2)* Connecticut(7) Delaware(3) Idaho(4) Illinois(29) Indiana(15) Iowa(13) Kansas(10) Maine(6) Maryland(8)† Massachusetts(18) Missouri(18) Montana(4) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(14) New York(45) North Dakota(5) Ohio(24) Oregon(5) Rhode Island(5) West Virginia(8) Wisconsin(13) Wyoming(3) |
* Wilson received only 2 of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election
† ''Bryan received only 6 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1908 election
1916 vs. 1912
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1916: Democratic Party
1912 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson |
Gains | Losses | 1916 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson |
---|---|---|---|
435 | 22 | 180 | 277 |
California(11)* Utah(4) Washington(7) |
Connecticut(7) Delaware(3) Illinois(29) Indiana(15) Iowa(13) Maine(6) Massachusetts(18) New Jersey(14) New York(45) Oregon(5) Rhode Island(5) West Virginia(7)† Wisconsin(13) |
* Wilson received only 2 out of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election
† Wilson received only 1 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election
1920 vs. 1916
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1920: Republican Party
1916 electoral vote Charles Evans Hughes |
Gains | Losses | 1920 electoral vote Warren G. Harding |
---|---|---|---|
254 | 150 | 404 | |
Arizona(3) California(13) Colorado(6) Idaho(4) Kansas(10) Maryland(8) Missouri(18) Montana(4) Nebraska(8) Nevada(3) New Hampshire(4) New Mexico(3) North Dakota(5) Ohio(24) Oklahoma(10) Tennessee (12) Utah(4) Washington(7) West Virginia(1)* Wyoming(3) |
* Hughes received only 7 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election
1924 vs. 1920
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1924: Republican Party
1920 electoral vote Warren G. Harding |
Gains | Losses | 1924 electoral vote Calvin Coolidge |
---|---|---|---|
404 | 13 | 35 | 382 |
Kentucky(13) | Oklahoma(10) Tennessee(12) Wisconsin(12) |
1928 vs. 1924
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1928: Republican Party
1924 electoral vote Calvin Coolidge |
Gains | Losses | 1928 electoral vote Herbert Hoover |
---|---|---|---|
382 | 85 | 23 | 444 |
Florida(6) North Carolina(12) Oklahoma(10) Tennessee(12) Texas(20) Virginia(12) Wisconsin(13) |
Massachusetts(18) Rhode Island(5) |
1932 vs. 1928
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1932: Democratic Party
1928 electoral vote Alfred E. Smith |
Loss due to reapportionment |
1928 result under the 1932 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1932 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
87 | 7 | 80 | 392 | 472 | |
Arizona(3) California(22) Colorado(6) Florida(7) Idaho(4) Illinois(29) Indiana(14) Iowa(11) Kansas(9) Kentucky(11) Maryland(8) Michigan(19) Minnesota(11) Missouri(15) Montana(4) Nebraska(7) Nevada(3) New Jersey(16) New Mexico(3) New York(47) North Carolina(13) North Dakota(4) Ohio(26) Oregon(5) Oklahoma(11) South Dakota(4) Tennessee(11) Texas(23) Utah(4) Virginia(11) Washington(8) West Virginia(8) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3) |
1936 vs. 1932
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1936: Democratic Party
1932 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Gains | Losses | 1936 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
---|---|---|---|
472 | 51 | 523 | |
Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) New Hampshire(4) Pennsylvania(36) |
1940 vs. 1936
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1940: Democratic Party
1936 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Gains | Losses | 1940 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
---|---|---|---|
523 | 74 | 449 | |
Colorado(6) Indiana(14) Iowa(11) Kansas(9) Michigan(19) Nebraska(7) North Dakota(4) South Dakota(4) |
1944 vs. 1940
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1944: Democratic Party
1940 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1940 result under the 1944 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1944 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
449 | 4 | 453 | 19 | 40 | 432 |
Michigan(19) | Ohio(25) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3) |
1948 vs. 1944
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1948: Democratic Party
1944 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Gains | Losses | 1948 electoral vote Harry Truman |
---|---|---|---|
432 | 56 | 185 | 303 |
Colorado(6) Iowa(10) Ohio(25) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3) |
Alabama(11) Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) Louisiana(10) Maryland(8) Michigan(19) Mississippi(9) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(16) New York(47) Oregon(6) Pennsylvania(35) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(1)* |
* Truman received only 11 out of Tennessee's 12 electoral votes
1952 vs. 1948
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1952: Republican Party
1948 electoral vote Thomas Dewey |
Loss due to reapportionment |
1948 result under the 1952 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1952 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
189 | 3 | 186 | 256 | 442 | |
Arizona(4) California(32) Colorado(6) Florida(10) Idaho(4) Illinois(27) Iowa(10) Massachusetts(16) Minnesota(11) Missouri(13) Montana(4) Nevada(3) New Mexico(4) Ohio(25) Oklahoma(8) Rhode Island(4) Tennessee(11) Texas(24) Utah(4) Virginia(12) Washington(9) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3) |
1956 vs. 1952
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1956: Republican Party
1952 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower |
Gains | Losses | 1956 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower |
---|---|---|---|
442 | 28 | 13 | 457 |
Kentucky(10) Louisiana(10) West Virginia(8) |
Missouri(13) |
1960 vs. 1956
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1960: Democratic Party
1956 electoral vote Adlai Stevenson |
Gains | Losses | 1960 electoral vote John F. Kennedy |
---|---|---|---|
73 | 243 | 13 | 303 |
Connecticut (8) Delaware(3) Hawaii(3) Illinois(27) Louisiana(10) Maryland(9) Massachusetts(16) Michigan(20) Minnesota(11) Nevada(3) New Jersey(16) New Mexico(4) New York(45) Pennsylvania(32) Rhode Island(4) Texas(24) West Virginia(8) |
Alabama(5)* Mississippi(8) |
* Kennedy received only 5 out of Alabama's 11 electoral votes
1964 vs. 1960
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1964: Democratic Party
1960 electoral vote John F. Kennedy |
Loss due to reapportionment |
1960 result under the 1964 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1964 electoral vote Lyndon B. Johnson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
303 | 9 | 294 | 227 | 35 | 486 |
Alaska(3) California (40) Colorado (6) District of Columbia (3) Florida (14) Idaho (4) Indiana (13) Iowa (9) Kansas (7) Kentucky (9) Maine (4) Montana (4) Nebraska (5) New Hampshire (4) North Dakota (4) Ohio (26) Oklahoma (8) Oregon(6) South Dakota (4) Tennessee (11) Utah (4) Vermont (3) Virginia(12) Washington (9) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming (3) |
Alabama (5)* Georgia (12) Louisiana(10) South Carolina (8) |
* Kennedy received 5 electoral votes in 1960 of what would have been 10 electoral votes in 1964
1968 vs. 1964
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1968: Republican Party
1964 electoral vote Barry Goldwater |
Gains | Losses | 1968 electoral vote Richard Nixon |
---|---|---|---|
52 | 288 | 39 | 301 |
Alaska(3) California(40) Colorado(6) Delaware(3) Florida(14) Idaho(4) Illinois(26) Indiana(13) Iowa(9) Kansas(7) Kentucky(9) Missouri(12) Montana(4) Nebraska(5) Nevada(3) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(17) New Mexico(4) North Carolina(12)* North Dakota(4) Ohio(26) Oklahoma(8) Oregon(6) South Dakota(4) Tennessee(11) Utah(4) Vermont(3) Virginia(12) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3) |
Alabama(10) Georgia(12) Louisiana(10) Mississippi(7) |
* Faithless elector in 1968
1972 vs. 1968
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1972: Republican Party
1968 electoral vote Richard Nixon |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1968 result under the 1972 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1972 electoral vote Richard Nixon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
301 | 5 | 306 | 215 | 1 | 520 |
Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) Connecticut(8) Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Louisiana(10) Maine(4) Maryland(10) Michigan(21) Minnesota(10) Mississippi(7) New York(41) North Carolina(1)* Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) Texas(26) Washington(9) West Virginia(6) |
Virginia(1)† |
* Faithless elector in 1968
† Faithless elector in 1972
1976 vs. 1972
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1976: Democratic Party
1972 electoral vote George McGovern |
Gains | Losses | 1976 electoral vote Jimmy Carter |
---|---|---|---|
17 | 280 | 297 | |
Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) Delaware(3) Florida(17) Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Kentucky(9) Louisiana(10) Maryland(10) Minnesota(10) Mississippi(7) Missouri(12) New York(41) North Carolina(13) Ohio(25) Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(10) Texas(26) West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(11) |
1980 vs. 1976
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1980: Republican Party
1976 electoral vote Gerald Ford |
Gains | Losses | 1980 electoral vote Ronald Reagan |
---|---|---|---|
240 | 249 | 489 | |
Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) California(1)* Delaware(3) Florida(17) Kentucky(9) Louisiana(10) Massachusetts(14) Mississippi(7) Missouri(12) New York(41) North Carolina(13) Ohio(25) Pennsylvania(27) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(10) Texas(26) Wisconsin(11) |
* Faithless elector in 1976
1984 vs. 1980
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1984: Republican Party
1980 electoral vote Ronald Reagan |
Gain due to reapportionment |
1980 result under the 1984 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1984 electoral vote Ronald Reagan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
489 | 489 | 36 | 525 | ||
Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Maryland(10) Rhode Island(4) West Virginia(6) |
1988 vs. 1984
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1988: Republican Party
1984 electoral vote Ronald Reagan |
Gains | Losses | 1988 electoral vote George H. W. Bush |
---|---|---|---|
525 | 99 | 426 | |
Hawaii(4) Iowa(8) Massachusetts(13) New York(36) Oregon(7) Rhode Island(4) Washington(10) West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(11) |
1992 vs. 1988
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1992: Democratic Party
1988 electoral vote Michael Dukakis |
Loss due to reapportionment |
1988 result under the 1992 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 1992 electoral vote Bill Clinton |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
112 | 5 | 107 | 263 | 370 | |
Arkansas(6) California(54) Colorado(8) Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) Georgia(13) Illinois(22) Kentucky(8) Louisiana(9) Maine(4) Maryland(10) Michigan(18) Missouri(11) Montana(3) Nevada(4) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(15) New Mexico(5) Ohio(21) Pennsylvania(23) Tennessee(11) Vermont(3) |
1996 vs. 1992
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1996: Democratic Party
1992 electoral vote Bill Clinton |
Gains | Losses | 1996 electoral vote Bill Clinton |
---|---|---|---|
370 | 33 | 24 | 379 |
Arizona(8) Florida(25) |
Colorado(8) Georgia(13) Montana(3) |
2000 vs. 1996
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2000: Republican Party
1996 electoral vote Bob Dole |
Gains | Losses | 2000 electoral vote George W. Bush |
---|---|---|---|
159 | 112 | 271 | |
Arizona(8) Arkansas(6) Florida(25) Kentucky(8) Louisiana(9) Missouri(11) Nevada(4) New Hampshire(4) Ohio(21) Tennessee(11) West Virginia(5) |
2004 vs. 2000
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2004: Republican Party
2000 electoral vote George W. Bush |
Gain due to reapportionment |
2000 result under the 2004 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 2004 electoral vote George W. Bush |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
271 | 7 | 278 | 12 | 4 | 286 |
Iowa(7) New Mexico(5) |
New Hampshire(4) |
2008 vs. 2004
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2008: Democratic Party
2004 electoral vote John Kerry |
Gains | 2008 electoral vote Barack Obama |
---|---|---|
252* | 113 | 365 |
Colorado(9) Florida(27) Indiana(11) Iowa(7) Nebraska(1)** Nevada(5) New Mexico(5) North Carolina(15) Ohio(20) Virginia(13) |
* Includes the faithless elector in 2004 who originally pledged to vote for Kerry but instead voted for his vice presidential running mate John Edwards
** Obama received 1 out of Nebraska's 5 total electoral votes
2012 vs. 2008
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2012: Democratic Party
2008 electoral vote Barack Obama |
Loss due to reapportionment |
2012 result under the 2008 apportionment |
Gains | Losses | 2012 electoral vote Barack Obama |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
365 | 6 | 359 | None | 27 | 332 |
Indiana(11) Nebraska(1)* North Carolina(15) |
* While Obama received 1 out of Nebraska's total electoral votes in 2008, he lost all of the state's votes in 2012
2016 vs. 2012
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2016: Republican Party
2012 electoral vote Mitt Romney |
Gains | 2016 electoral vote Donald Trump |
---|---|---|
206 | 100 | 306 |
Florida (29) Iowa (6) Maine* (1) Michigan (16) Ohio (18) Pennsylvania (20) Wisconsin (10) |
*Trump received one of Maine's three electoral votes, for his win in Maine's second Congressional district