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Free, nonpartisan election data you can analyze, chart, and cite.
PolitiFinder compiles U.S. election results into one consistent table. You’re welcome to download it, build on it, and quote it in your reporting or research — all we ask is a citation back to PolitiFinder.
What’s included
One row per candidate, per race, covering general elections for three offices:
- President — every election, with popular votes (1824–2024) and electoral votes (1789–2024).
- U.S. Senate — every state, 1914–2024 (the popular-vote era, since the 17th Amendment).
- Governor — every state, 1900–2024.
Columns: office, year, state, district, election_type, candidate, candidate_slug, party, votes, vote_pct, electoral_votes, result. The candidate_slug matches each person’s page URL (politifinder.com/p/<slug>).
U.S. House elections (1976–2024) are on the site but not yet in this download — a data-quality pass on historical House records is underway. They’ll be added here once complete.
Sources
Presidential popular votes follow Dave Leip’s Atlas (pre-1976) and official certified totals (1976–2024). Senate totals come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab. Governor totals are compiled from official state canvasses (via Wikipedia). Figures are reconciled but provided as-is — verify against the primary source before citing in formal work.
How to cite
Please credit PolitiFinder and link back. A suggested citation:
PolitiFinder (137 Finder LLC). U.S. election results dataset. politifinder.com/data. Accessed [date].
License
Underlying vote totals are public facts and not subject to copyright. This compilation is released under CC BY 4.0— use it freely, with attribution.