- 1792 George Washington 100%
- 1789 George Washington 100%
- 1820 James Monroe 99.57%
- 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 98.49%
- 1984 Ronald Reagan 97.58%
- 1972 Richard Nixon 96.65%
- 1804 Thomas Jefferson 92.05%
- 1864 Abraham Lincoln 90.99%
- 1980 Ronald Reagan 90.89%
- 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 90.33%
- 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 88.89%
- 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 86.06%
- 1852 Franklin Pierce 85.81%
- 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 84.56%
- 1816 James Monroe 84.33%
- 1928 Herbert Hoover 83.62%
- 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 83.24%
- 1872 Ulysses S. Grant 81.95%
- 1912 Woodrow Wilson 81.92%
- 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 81.36%
- 1840 William Henry Harrison 79.59%
- 1988 George H. W. Bush 79.18%
- 1832 Andrew Jackson 76.57%
- 1920 Warren G. Harding 76.08%
- 1868 Ulysses S. Grant 72.79%
- 1924 Calvin Coolidge 71.94%
- 1904 Theodore Roosevelt 70.59%
- 1996 Bill Clinton 70.45%
- 1808 James Madison 69.71%
- 1992 Bill Clinton 68.77%
- 1828 Andrew Jackson 68.20%
- 2008 Barack Obama 67.84%
- 1908 William Howard Taft 66.46%
- 1900 William McKinley 65.32%
- 1892 Grover Cleveland 62.39%
- 1844 James K. Polk 61.82%
- 2012 Barack Obama 61.71%
- 1896 William McKinley 60.63%
- 1860 Abraham Lincoln 59.41%
- 1812 James Madison 58.99%
- 1856 James Buchanan 58.78%
- 1888 Benjamin Harrison 58.10%
- 1880 James A. Garfield 57.99%
- 1836 Martin Van Buren 57.82%
- 1948 Harry S. Truman 57.06%
- 2016 Donald Trump 56.88%
- 1960 John F. Kennedy 56.42%
- 1848 Zachary Taylor 56.21%
- 1968 Richard Nixon 55.95%
- 1976 Jimmy Carter 55.20%
- 1884 Grover Cleveland 54.61%
- 2004 George W. Bush 53.16%
- 1800 Thomas Jefferson 52.90% (tie with Burr, went to House)
- 1916 Woodrow Wilson 52.17%
- 1796 John Adams 51.45%
- 2000 George W. Bush 50.37%
- 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes 50.14%
- 1824 John Quincy Adams 32.18% (draw, went to House)
This blog continues the discussion that we began with Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).The latest book in this series is Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Trump's Victory Ranks 46 of 58 in Electoral College Share
Presidential Election Winners, Ranked by Percentage of Electoral Vote
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