Trump claims a landslide in 2024 – of course this is not true. He won by 86 electoral votes. In 13 other years the difference was greater. Trump has never received above 50% of the vote.
📊 U.S. Presidential Elections: 1948–2024
Year Winner Party Electoral Votes Popular Vote Runner-Up Party Electoral Votes Popular Vote Elect.. Vote difference
1948 Harry S. Truman Democrat 303 24,105,695 (49.6%) Thomas E. Dewey Republican 189 21,969,170 (45.1%) 114
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 442 34,075,529 (55.2%) Adlai Stevenson Democrat 89 27,375,090 (44.3%) 353
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 457 35,579,180 (57.4%) Adlai Stevenson Democrat 73 26,028,028 (42.0%) 384
1960 John F. Kennedy Democrat 303 34,220,984 (49.7%) Richard Nixon Republican 219 34,108,157 (49.6%) 84
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat 486 43,129,566 (61.1%) Barry Goldwater Republican 52 27,178,188 (38.5%) 434
1968 Richard Nixon Republican 301 31,783,783 (43.4%) Hubert Humphrey Democrat 191 31,271,839 (42.7%) 110
1972 Richard Nixon Republican 520 47,168,710 (60.7%) George McGovern Democrat 17 29,173,222 (37.5%) 503
1976 Jimmy Carter Democrat 297 40,831,881 (50.1%) Gerald Ford Republican 240 39,148,634 (48.0%) 57
1980 Ronald Reagan Republican 489 43,903,230 (50.7%) Jimmy Carter Democrat 49 35,480,115 (41.0%) 440
1984 Ronald Reagan Republican 525 54,455,472 (58.8%) Walter Mondale Democrat 13 37,577,352 (40.6%) 512
1988 George H.W. Bush Republican 426 48,886,597 (53.4%) Michael Dukakis Democrat 111 41,809,476 (45.6%) 315
1992 Bill Clinton Democrat 370 44,909,889 (43.0%) George H.W. Bush Republican 168 39,104,550 (37.4%) 202
1996 Bill Clinton Democrat 379 47,401,185 (49.2%) Bob Dole Republican 159 39,197,469 (40.7%) 220
2000 George W. Bush Republican 271 50,456,002 (47.9%) Al Gore Democrat 266 50,999,897 (48.4%) 5
2004 George W. Bush Republican 286 62,040,610 (50.7%) John Kerry Democrat 251 59,028,444 (48.3%) 35
2008 Barack Obama Democrat 365 69,498,516 (52.9%) John McCain Republican 173 59,948,323 (45.7%) 192
2012 Barack Obama Democrat 332 65,915,795 (51.1%) Mitt Romney Republican 206 60,933,504 (47.2%) 126
2016 Donald Trump Republican 304 62,984,828 (46.1%) Hillary Clinton Democrat 227 65,853,514 (48.2%) 77
2020 Joe Biden Democrat 306 81,283,501 (51.3%) Donald Trump Republican 232 74,223,975 (46.9%) 74
2024 Donald Trump Republican 312 ~77,900,000 (49.8%) Kamala Harris Democrat 226 ~75,017,613 (48.3%) 86