“Today marks a historic electoral landslide victory in our nation’s democracy. I thank the American people for their overwhelming vote to elect me as their next President of the United States. The official votes cast by the Electoral College exceeded the 270 required to secure the presidency by a very large margin, far greater than ever anticipated by the media. This election represents a movement that millions of hard working men and women all across the country stood behind and made possible. With this historic step we can look forward to the bright future ahead. I will work hard to unite our country and be the President of all Americans. Together, we will make America great again.”Nope, no landslide. Clinton won the popular vote by more than two percent. With 304 electoral votes, Trump has 56.51 percent of the electoral vote, a slight shrinkage from his immediate postelection total, and still 46th of 58 elections.
Presidential Election Winners, Ranked by Percentage of Electoral Vote
- 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 56.51%
- 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)
