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President 1789–2024 · 60 cycles
President: party votes by cycle
ElectionDemocraticRepublicanOtherTotal
202475,017,61348.5%77,302,58050.0%2,268,5681.5%154,588,761
202081,283,50151.7%74,223,97547.2%1,865,5351.2%157,373,011
201665,853,51448.6%62,984,82846.5%6,678,5504.9%135,516,892
201265,915,79551.3%60,933,50447.4%1,745,5981.4%128,594,897
200869,498,51653.2%59,948,32345.9%1,262,7491.0%130,709,588
200459,028,44448.6%62,040,61051.0%465,6500.4%121,534,704
200050,999,89748.9%50,456,00248.4%2,882,9552.8%104,338,854
199647,401,18550.1%39,197,46941.4%8,085,2948.5%94,683,948
199244,909,80643.3%39,104,55037.7%19,743,82119.0%103,758,177
198841,809,47646.1%48,886,59753.9%00.0%90,696,073
198437,577,35240.8%54,455,47259.2%00.0%92,032,824
198035,480,11541.7%43,903,23051.6%5,719,8506.7%85,103,195
197640,831,88151.1%39,148,63448.9%00.0%79,980,515
197229,173,22238.2%47,168,71061.8%00.0%76,341,932
196830,898,05542.6%31,710,47043.7%9,901,11813.7%72,509,643
196443,129,04061.3%27,175,75438.7%00.0%70,304,794
196034,227,09650.1%34,107,64649.9%00.0%68,334,742
195625,738,76542.0%35,581,00358.0%00.0%61,319,768
195227,375,09044.5%34,075,52955.5%00.0%61,450,619
194824,105,69551.0%21,969,17046.5%1,175,9302.5%47,250,795
194425,602,50553.8%22,006,27846.2%00.0%47,608,783
194027,243,46655.0%22,304,75545.0%00.0%49,548,221
193627,752,64862.5%16,681,86237.5%00.0%44,434,510
193222,821,85759.1%15,761,84140.9%00.0%38,583,698
192815,016,44341.2%21,392,19058.8%00.0%36,408,633
19248,386,50329.0%15,725,01654.3%4,831,70616.7%28,943,225
19209,140,86436.1%16,147,24963.9%00.0%25,288,113
19169,129,60651.7%8,538,22148.3%00.0%17,667,827
19126,293,45442.5%3,486,24223.6%5,020,75833.9%14,800,454
19086,409,10445.5%7,678,90854.5%00.0%14,088,012
19045,077,91140.0%7,623,48660.0%00.0%12,701,397
19006,358,13346.9%7,207,92353.1%00.0%13,566,056
18966,502,92547.8%7,104,77952.2%00.0%13,607,704
18925,556,91847.2%5,176,10844.0%1,041,0288.8%11,774,054
18885,540,30950.5%5,439,85349.5%00.0%10,980,162
18844,874,98650.1%4,851,98149.9%00.0%9,726,967
18804,444,95249.9%4,454,41650.1%00.0%8,899,368
18764,300,59051.6%4,036,29848.4%00.0%8,336,888
187200.0%3,598,46855.9%2,835,31544.1%6,433,783
18682,703,24947.3%3,012,83352.7%00.0%5,716,082
18641,805,23744.9%2,213,66555.1%00.0%4,018,902
18601,379,43429.4%1,867,19839.9%1,438,92030.7%4,685,552
18561,838,16945.4%1,341,26433.1%873,05321.5%4,052,486
18521,601,27453.6%00.0%1,386,58046.4%2,987,854
18481,220,54447.3%00.0%1,360,09952.7%2,580,643
18441,337,24350.7%00.0%1,299,06249.3%2,636,305
18401,129,10247.0%00.0%1,275,01653.0%2,404,118
1836762,67858.1%00.0%550,81641.9%1,313,494
1832701,78054.5%00.0%584,92045.5%1,286,700
1828647,28656.0%00.0%508,06444.0%1,155,350
182400.0%00.0%362,136100.0%362,136
1820No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1816No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1812No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1808No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1804No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1800No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1796No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1792No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)
1789No popular vote recorded (most electors were chosen by state legislatures)

Presidential coverage centers on the major and notable candidates: the Other column counts only the third-party and independent runs in our record, so it can understate recent cycles.

U.S. Senate 1914–2024 · 57 cycles
U.S. Senate: party votes by cycle
ElectionDemocraticRepublicanOtherTotal
202455,939,47149.3%54,409,18048.0%3,015,8662.7%113,364,517
2022midterm38,963,76249.1%36,372,55945.8%4,056,8285.1%79,393,149
202038,043,74647.0%39,884,18549.2%3,077,0703.8%81,005,001
2018midterm50,756,38559.0%33,406,76838.9%1,803,4092.1%85,966,562
201651,894,12853.8%41,127,63742.7%3,346,5203.5%96,368,285
2014midterm19,845,40743.3%23,598,62851.5%2,361,0555.2%45,805,090
201250,412,89554.2%38,764,55141.7%3,788,5474.1%92,965,993
2010midterm27,301,11844.1%31,019,90550.1%3,633,9545.9%61,954,977
200834,497,53152.1%29,502,13144.6%2,212,5243.3%66,212,186
2006midterm33,796,59553.9%26,572,63942.4%2,302,3993.7%62,671,633
200444,010,80751.1%39,920,56246.3%2,254,1342.6%86,185,503
2002midterm19,556,28646.2%21,263,68650.2%1,525,5533.6%42,345,525
200036,965,77048.1%34,000,84244.2%5,886,4557.7%76,853,067
1998midterm26,933,45050.1%23,666,41044.0%3,182,5695.9%53,782,429
199623,490,65147.9%24,211,39549.4%1,288,2602.6%48,990,306
1994midterm22,986,60440.5%26,901,58947.4%6,857,16312.1%56,745,356
199232,587,52245.9%29,141,31841.1%9,215,10213.0%70,943,942
1990midterm17,022,00551.5%15,532,59847.0%487,6981.5%33,042,301
198831,230,60846.3%29,464,69343.7%6,718,40810.0%67,413,709
1986midterm23,466,40250.3%20,342,07843.6%2,839,8166.1%46,648,296
198422,218,74448.9%22,850,49350.3%389,6770.9%45,458,914
1982midterm24,809,78048.1%22,693,94544.0%4,084,6237.9%51,588,348
198030,612,80551.8%26,814,39245.4%1,697,8792.9%59,125,076
1978midterm14,362,40350.6%13,520,14747.6%499,7641.8%28,382,314
197628,552,01548.5%24,873,92542.3%5,391,4939.2%58,817,433
1974midterm22,636,85055.3%16,421,37740.1%1,873,9724.6%40,932,199
197216,249,66843.0%19,821,20352.4%1,735,2334.6%37,806,104
1970midterm23,306,76751.9%17,876,37639.8%3,712,1858.3%44,895,328
196824,145,89750.4%22,184,62046.3%1,591,4203.3%47,921,937
1966midterm14,303,69650.2%13,925,80348.9%246,7130.9%28,476,212
196430,034,98757.0%22,209,26642.1%455,3000.9%52,699,553
1962midterm19,474,30350.2%19,156,11049.3%191,4140.5%38,821,827
196017,865,39156.2%13,807,74443.5%101,5620.3%31,774,697
1959midterm161,34749.1%166,28450.6%1,0520.3%328,683
1958midterm20,407,15954.5%16,177,94143.2%889,3152.4%37,474,415
195622,499,35751.3%21,259,02148.5%93,7280.2%43,852,106
1954midterm11,508,99255.8%8,872,24943.0%246,0891.2%20,627,330
195223,572,36452.6%19,288,32243.1%1,925,1424.3%44,785,828
1950midterm15,610,80248.5%16,166,65650.3%392,7141.2%32,170,172
194812,021,13053.2%9,663,27942.8%916,0204.1%22,600,429
1946midterm11,631,32842.7%14,977,47355.0%629,2022.3%27,238,003
194418,499,35653.2%16,033,15246.1%233,2440.7%34,765,752
1942midterm6,157,67746.8%6,478,03949.2%527,6014.0%13,163,317
194015,910,67548.9%14,954,41246.0%1,641,9095.1%32,506,996
1938midterm13,970,01051.2%12,687,06646.5%612,1782.2%27,269,254
193612,251,91355.6%8,292,71137.6%1,496,2356.8%22,040,859
1934midterm14,411,11257.3%8,871,08935.3%1,861,9477.4%25,144,148
193215,861,35655.3%11,317,24539.4%1,522,0415.3%28,700,642
1930midterm6,751,16751.9%5,783,61944.5%475,3263.7%13,010,112
192810,641,04140.9%14,353,41755.1%1,050,5544.0%26,045,012
1926midterm7,207,03944.6%8,565,93953.0%391,6362.4%16,164,614
19246,202,13142.6%7,689,13852.9%651,2724.5%14,542,541
1922midterm6,607,47145.3%6,993,82848.0%978,2646.7%14,579,563
19207,856,91638.3%11,092,46554.1%1,570,2797.7%20,519,660
1918midterm2,950,08547.0%3,021,82948.2%300,9234.8%6,272,837
19165,346,88944.5%5,986,59749.8%688,6225.7%12,022,108
1914midterm4,452,20140.5%4,485,00040.8%2,048,30918.6%10,985,510
U.S. House 1788–2024 · 169 cycles
U.S. House: party votes by cycle
ElectionDemocraticRepublicanOtherTotal
202470,205,46047.5%73,155,30549.5%4,460,9023.0%147,821,667
2022midterm51,099,50347.7%54,516,19750.8%1,603,5341.5%107,219,234
202077,542,23850.8%71,638,10246.9%3,415,9812.2%152,596,321
2018midterm60,507,70653.3%50,451,11544.4%2,650,4212.3%113,609,242
201660,533,32047.1%61,609,37348.0%6,324,4214.9%128,467,114
2014midterm34,976,87744.8%39,461,84850.6%3,584,7374.6%78,023,462
201258,040,80447.9%57,004,46347.0%6,216,5265.1%121,261,793
2010midterm38,907,09745.0%44,202,88851.1%3,395,9463.9%86,505,931
200864,323,58053.3%51,140,68342.4%5,159,8274.3%120,624,090
2006midterm41,097,00851.7%35,106,99944.2%3,288,7634.1%79,492,770
200452,402,64747.0%55,153,99849.4%3,985,5553.6%111,542,200
2002midterm33,377,92045.5%36,175,52649.3%3,850,4325.2%73,403,878
200045,668,70847.0%46,317,37147.6%5,239,9385.4%97,226,017
1998midterm31,168,33247.3%31,851,72348.4%2,814,7314.3%65,834,786
199642,259,94848.3%40,805,47646.6%4,416,5525.0%87,481,976
1994midterm31,699,43245.4%35,927,14351.5%2,125,7223.0%69,752,297
199248,573,29550.6%43,010,10344.8%4,404,2694.6%95,987,667
1990midterm32,021,97552.2%26,619,20443.4%2,674,9854.4%61,316,164
198843,504,98753.3%36,292,08544.4%1,871,2532.3%81,668,325
1986midterm31,697,22053.3%26,282,25444.2%1,502,8942.5%59,482,368
198441,938,03050.9%38,156,37646.3%2,277,6322.8%82,372,038
1982midterm34,536,79954.1%27,092,88142.4%2,242,2923.5%63,871,972
198038,556,59649.5%36,180,97946.5%3,124,6654.0%77,862,240
1978midterm28,801,80052.8%23,813,04643.6%1,965,7863.6%54,580,632
197640,841,95355.1%30,729,34841.4%2,597,9083.5%74,169,209
1974midterm29,401,41756.7%20,876,96240.2%1,615,0703.1%51,893,449
197234,933,72750.4%32,643,52847.1%1,790,6182.6%69,367,873
1970midterm27,365,17951.6%24,332,02545.9%1,320,1242.5%53,017,328
196831,740,71149.0%31,087,14748.0%1,893,9352.9%64,721,793
1966midterm25,959,00449.7%25,514,96948.8%789,4771.5%52,263,450
196440,925,59956.6%30,675,35342.4%739,6451.0%72,340,597
1962midterm31,834,33151.7%29,074,38047.2%709,6321.2%61,618,343
196033,080,00752.3%29,534,01446.7%592,9000.9%63,206,921
1959midterm111,72768.2%51,05831.2%9320.6%163,717
1958midterm24,580,69254.1%20,493,82945.1%394,8740.9%45,469,395
195629,306,82249.1%29,835,50650.0%498,6860.8%59,641,014
1954midterm21,758,89450.0%21,068,19948.4%671,2581.5%43,498,351
195226,807,45045.2%31,562,73053.3%897,6651.5%59,267,845
1950midterm20,052,78246.9%21,762,88750.9%913,9172.1%42,729,586
194824,344,51150.5%22,529,83246.8%1,301,5572.7%48,175,900
1946midterm17,710,35843.9%21,887,12954.2%777,3131.9%40,374,800
194425,931,98050.2%25,104,56948.6%644,4381.2%51,680,987
1942midterm18,163,93642.3%22,055,46151.3%2,763,5166.4%42,982,913
194036,911,95750.5%34,537,77747.3%1,624,5702.2%73,074,304
1938midterm27,547,63349.3%24,679,61144.2%3,623,1186.5%55,850,362
193637,831,86156.3%27,201,79040.5%2,129,3643.2%67,163,015
1934midterm26,334,96753.4%19,989,78340.6%2,965,4736.0%49,290,223
193256,062,57158.1%37,741,82439.1%2,616,6862.7%96,421,081
1930midterm12,697,62945.6%14,577,32052.4%549,3342.0%27,824,283
192815,747,98240.6%21,920,75356.6%1,084,0962.8%38,752,831
1926midterm9,609,20441.6%12,779,14155.4%693,1363.0%23,081,481
192411,783,14138.4%17,563,61157.2%1,351,8264.4%30,698,578
1922midterm10,624,60444.8%12,083,01351.0%1,006,4604.2%23,714,077
192012,219,90433.8%21,562,84359.6%2,394,2076.6%36,176,954
1918midterm6,649,42937.1%9,560,07053.4%1,698,8679.5%17,908,366
191610,898,25344.0%9,931,44940.1%3,911,05315.8%24,740,755
1914midterm8,069,72639.7%7,598,51137.3%4,676,16123.0%20,344,398
191210,398,18141.2%6,912,66427.4%7,953,39031.5%25,264,235
1911midterm69,90849.1%67,48347.4%4,9303.5%142,321
1910midterm5,777,72446.2%5,751,67646.0%973,9327.8%12,503,332
19086,572,90144.4%7,448,75750.3%778,8175.3%14,800,475
1907midterm136,09656.0%101,64841.9%5,0832.1%242,827
1906midterm4,750,22341.3%5,760,70850.1%992,3278.6%11,503,258
19045,709,48040.2%7,667,20854.0%818,6275.8%14,195,315
1902midterm5,218,39744.2%5,831,01649.4%758,3176.4%11,807,730
19007,146,14443.4%8,592,79352.1%742,0984.5%16,481,035
1898midterm5,668,68243.0%5,972,67745.3%1,550,57811.8%13,191,937
18965,445,82733.1%7,736,37347.1%3,245,94519.8%16,428,145
1894midterm4,992,80136.9%6,720,04849.6%1,835,61613.5%13,548,465
18927,490,16746.7%6,806,98542.4%1,739,32310.8%16,036,475
1890midterm4,944,81050.4%4,162,75142.5%694,3717.1%9,801,932
1889midterm100,70334.7%189,11965.3%00.0%289,822
18885,506,54749.0%5,301,49947.2%426,3393.8%11,234,385
1886midterm4,417,67047.3%4,259,30745.7%653,1747.0%9,330,151
18845,295,49649.7%4,892,71645.9%471,6954.4%10,659,907
1882midterm5,274,86845.9%4,777,87341.6%1,428,04412.4%11,480,785
18804,345,88448.1%4,100,50545.4%595,3886.6%9,041,777
1879midterm47,91530.6%74,65147.6%34,23921.8%156,805
1878midterm3,189,61146.5%2,741,34440.0%923,73713.5%6,854,692
1877midterm37,86848.6%39,77651.1%2430.3%77,887
18764,206,20751.4%3,872,68947.4%99,2411.2%8,178,137
1875midterm214,02848.6%181,00941.1%44,96210.2%439,999
1874midterm2,824,19147.8%2,663,32045.0%425,8187.2%5,913,329
1873midterm74,62949.4%76,53050.6%00.0%151,159
18721,391,42512.3%9,737,03985.9%204,5401.8%11,333,004
1871midterm213,62652.4%194,14047.6%2160.1%407,982
1870midterm2,388,55342.7%2,929,50652.3%281,2975.0%5,599,356
1869midterm159,26717.8%441,65549.5%291,43332.7%892,355
18682,655,67844.3%3,242,22254.1%95,3671.6%5,993,267
1867midterm219,98246.6%223,17847.3%28,4536.0%471,613
1866midterm1,741,58744.4%2,162,53455.1%19,6620.5%3,923,783
1865midterm62,69914.0%52,05411.6%333,87474.4%448,627
18641,715,79943.7%1,457,83037.2%750,30019.1%3,923,929
1863midterm255,53735.3%342,95447.4%124,63317.2%723,124
1862midterm1,435,88448.0%894,08129.9%663,74622.2%2,993,711
1861midterm260,91630.2%233,31427.0%369,73042.8%863,960
18601,464,15343.6%1,725,18551.4%165,2244.9%3,354,562
1859midterm623,63359.5%136,70813.0%288,25527.5%1,048,596
1858midterm1,329,68849.6%1,043,11038.9%310,41211.6%2,683,210
1857midterm589,75458.0%125,79012.4%300,42529.6%1,015,969
18561,257,21842.5%1,135,23938.4%567,31319.2%2,959,770
1855midterm487,85249.8%00.0%491,13850.2%978,990
1854midterm989,47344.4%501,54122.5%736,27033.1%2,227,284
1853midterm500,51655.7%00.0%398,57644.3%899,092
18521,071,88248.9%00.0%1,118,87651.1%2,190,758
1851midterm427,64744.0%00.0%543,19556.0%970,842
1850midterm778,84749.3%00.0%800,55350.7%1,579,400
1849midterm415,65250.5%00.0%407,95149.5%823,603
1848706,57540.5%00.0%1,039,31459.5%1,745,889
1847midterm392,06650.0%00.0%391,56550.0%783,631
1846midterm551,29948.1%00.0%594,69551.9%1,145,994
1845midterm499,39754.4%00.0%417,92445.6%917,321
1844787,23447.3%00.0%878,61352.7%1,665,847
1843midterm733,15554.1%00.0%622,82245.9%1,355,977
1842midterm528,37649.9%00.0%531,54550.1%1,059,921
1841midterm357,84149.6%00.0%363,66750.4%721,508
18401,246,36747.2%00.0%1,394,87452.8%2,641,241
1839midterm276,16150.8%00.0%267,27449.2%543,435
1838midterm1,173,49649.5%00.0%1,195,30150.5%2,368,797
1837midterm197,54440.3%00.0%292,65259.7%490,196
1836765,80352.7%00.0%686,49847.3%1,452,301
1835midterm332,77952.4%00.0%302,26847.6%635,047
1834midterm1,014,74550.4%00.0%998,03649.6%2,012,781
1833midterm179,01536.7%110,78022.7%198,35840.6%488,153
1832538,13937.2%381,54626.4%525,91236.4%1,445,597
1831midterm108,25830.7%102,22829.0%142,12740.3%352,613
1830midterm87,01510.5%194,27723.5%544,77965.9%826,071
1829midterm53,49719.1%23,8588.5%202,25372.3%279,608
182822,7562.9%188,71024.0%576,39673.2%787,862
1827midterm131,08136.5%12,3283.4%215,34260.0%358,751
1826midterm25,8724.2%156,24825.5%430,69770.3%612,817
1825midterm13,1938.7%3420.2%137,51691.0%151,051
1824125,42119.7%26,0534.1%485,98576.2%637,459
1823midterm26,59114.8%13,5757.6%139,62877.7%179,794
1822midterm3,4660.6%00.0%583,27499.4%586,740
1821midterm70,73821.0%00.0%266,33879.0%337,076
1820161,50729.7%00.0%381,67770.3%543,184
1819midterm11,5335.6%00.0%195,95394.4%207,486
1818midterm173,38731.7%00.0%373,12668.3%546,513
1817midterm12,65115.4%00.0%69,59484.6%82,245
1816156,13316.5%00.0%789,59383.5%945,726
1815midterm28,04740.2%00.0%41,73959.8%69,786
1814midterm297,24427.6%00.0%778,78272.4%1,076,026
1813midterm30,54931.8%00.0%65,49368.2%96,042
1812167,73020.6%00.0%645,24579.4%812,975
1811midterm00.0%00.0%71,139100.0%71,139
1810midterm216,08036.8%00.0%370,35563.2%586,435
1809midterm00.0%00.0%9,349100.0%9,349
1808210,76826.4%00.0%587,15573.6%797,923
1807midterm00.0%00.0%11,590100.0%11,590
1806midterm131,13228.0%00.0%336,48872.0%467,620
1805midterm00.0%00.0%6,397100.0%6,397
1804186,02037.3%00.0%312,87762.7%498,897
1803midterm100,64060.6%00.0%65,31039.4%165,950
1802midterm92,41840.9%00.0%133,74859.1%226,166
1801midterm00.0%00.0%32,903100.0%32,903
1800107,58129.8%00.0%252,85770.2%360,438
1799midterm00.0%00.0%16,646100.0%16,646
1798midterm5,8542.5%00.0%232,82697.5%238,680
1797midterm0000
17966,5974.5%00.0%139,21095.5%145,807
1795midterm1,05735.5%00.0%1,92164.5%2,978
1794midterm00.0%00.0%101,956100.0%101,956
1793midterm8523.1%00.0%26,40796.9%27,259
179200.0%00.0%517,040100.0%517,040
1791midterm1,0982.1%00.0%50,39297.9%51,490
1790midterm7570.6%00.0%128,54199.4%129,298
1789midterm00.0%00.0%133,544100.0%133,544
178800.0%00.0%127,397100.0%127,397
Governor 1789–2025 · 237 cycles
Governor: party votes by cycle
ElectionDemocraticRepublicanOtherTotal
2025midterm3,873,46757.5%2,867,29142.5%00.0%6,740,758
20249,242,90647.4%10,232,52852.5%20,3220.1%19,495,756
2023midterm1,361,62146.1%1,593,51753.9%00.0%2,955,138
2022midterm43,342,71449.9%43,117,44149.7%324,9340.4%86,785,089
2021midterm2,938,94150.2%2,918,34349.8%00.0%5,857,284
20208,901,86744.4%10,698,65853.4%444,7832.2%20,045,308
2019midterm1,898,75650.0%1,898,43650.0%00.0%3,797,192
2018midterm46,301,40851.5%43,481,42248.4%105,8580.1%89,888,688
2017midterm2,612,28555.7%2,075,31444.3%00.0%4,687,599
20168,303,33148.3%8,842,54351.4%42,0680.2%17,187,942
2015midterm1,308,40246.6%1,497,71353.4%00.0%2,806,115
2014midterm29,719,20147.6%32,349,06651.9%308,2830.5%62,376,550
2013midterm1,879,76743.5%2,292,28653.1%146,0843.4%4,318,137
20127,968,61049.2%8,240,77150.8%00.0%16,209,381
2011midterm995,78738.6%1,512,12458.5%74,8602.9%2,582,771
2010midterm32,935,44548.6%33,439,37649.3%1,460,5502.2%67,835,371
2009midterm1,906,68143.5%2,338,09653.3%139,5793.2%4,384,356
20088,395,63751.3%7,900,18848.3%69,7910.4%16,365,616
2007midterm1,159,14842.5%1,566,25257.5%00.0%2,725,400
2006midterm33,448,30252.7%29,385,90746.3%680,1421.1%63,514,351
2005midterm2,250,49354.3%1,897,59845.7%00.0%4,148,091
20047,534,04150.3%7,438,55049.7%00.0%14,972,591
2003midterm1,628,30448.3%1,743,17251.7%00.0%3,371,476
2002midterm27,866,10145.8%31,018,66751.0%1,923,9093.2%60,808,677
2001midterm2,241,03055.2%1,815,40844.8%00.0%4,056,438
20006,942,44253.5%5,966,67946.0%64,0200.5%12,973,141
1999midterm1,113,57744.2%1,304,68251.7%103,1434.1%2,521,402
1998midterm25,188,80444.6%29,579,17152.4%1,719,5523.0%56,487,527
1997midterm1,846,93946.8%2,102,45653.2%00.0%3,949,395
19966,315,32053.2%5,550,80346.8%00.0%11,866,123
1995midterm1,430,67642.7%1,918,98757.3%00.0%3,349,663
1994midterm25,012,89442.9%32,150,78655.2%1,111,2421.9%58,274,922
1993midterm1,943,55846.0%2,281,44354.0%00.0%4,225,001
19927,038,49054.6%5,538,50243.0%304,6262.4%12,881,618
1991midterm1,935,95859.3%1,326,96140.7%00.0%3,262,919
1990midterm26,867,36050.9%24,219,00845.9%1,716,0113.2%52,802,379
1989midterm2,276,87356.8%1,728,74843.2%00.0%4,005,621
19885,581,76048.2%5,854,36750.6%136,6511.2%11,572,778
1987midterm2,136,54470.4%896,92729.6%00.0%3,033,471
1986midterm25,530,37750.0%23,998,21447.0%1,579,2573.1%51,107,848
1985midterm1,319,84040.1%1,974,28359.9%00.0%3,294,123
19846,101,83948.4%6,500,55751.6%00.0%12,602,396
1983midterm1,973,68159.8%1,329,10640.2%00.0%3,302,787
1982midterm29,185,20254.4%24,407,16845.5%65,7160.1%53,658,086
1981midterm1,904,55951.3%1,805,39748.7%00.0%3,709,956
19805,930,65450.0%5,936,62950.0%00.0%11,867,283
1979midterm1,652,76255.3%1,335,67144.7%00.0%2,988,433
1978midterm24,356,13451.7%22,298,07447.3%497,7851.1%47,151,993
1977midterm1,725,88352.1%1,588,18247.9%00.0%3,314,065
19767,678,27249.2%7,929,17550.8%11,3170.1%15,618,764
1975midterm2,028,42277.2%597,63022.8%00.0%2,626,052
1974midterm23,027,71856.0%17,834,26043.3%293,9930.7%41,155,971
1973midterm1,414,61345.3%1,201,31038.4%510,10316.3%3,126,026
197211,035,09049.8%10,760,44748.6%364,1601.6%22,159,697
1971midterm1,071,64264.7%412,65324.9%172,76210.4%1,657,057
1970midterm21,927,83450.8%20,639,76147.9%556,3581.3%43,123,953
1969midterm1,326,69841.2%1,892,77458.8%00.0%3,219,472
196811,239,00850.8%10,870,68349.2%00.0%22,109,691
1967midterm740,99255.8%586,70244.2%00.0%1,327,694
1966midterm18,747,64646.6%21,197,02352.6%322,4000.8%40,267,069
1965midterm1,549,09456.3%1,128,20341.0%75,3072.7%2,752,604
196416,645,98955.0%13,624,10545.0%00.0%30,270,094
1963midterm675,00754.0%575,01146.0%00.0%1,250,018
1962midterm18,345,10748.9%18,941,48250.5%203,7650.5%37,490,354
1961midterm1,336,05552.9%1,191,84147.1%00.0%2,527,896
196016,896,02854.0%14,371,04545.9%16,7410.1%31,283,814
1959midterm598,62358.6%422,66941.4%00.0%1,021,292
1958midterm18,270,96354.5%15,092,23545.0%168,2460.5%33,531,444
1957midterm1,428,05156.8%1,085,94943.2%00.0%2,514,000
195617,228,74553.2%15,039,00246.4%126,0110.4%32,393,758
1955midterm451,64758.3%322,67141.7%00.0%774,318
1954midterm15,880,96951.6%14,871,61648.3%39,5740.1%30,792,159
1953midterm1,189,70854.5%992,39645.5%00.0%2,182,104
195217,572,94352.9%15,622,73147.1%00.0%33,195,674
1951midterm346,34554.6%288,01445.4%00.0%634,359
1950midterm13,825,43747.2%15,439,49252.7%51,7570.2%29,316,686
1949midterm994,79450.9%957,87349.1%00.0%1,952,667
194815,356,68055.8%12,173,58244.2%00.0%27,530,262
1947midterm387,79557.4%287,75642.6%00.0%675,551
1946midterm10,167,81039.8%15,184,42859.5%180,5790.7%25,532,817
1945midterm112,35568.2%52,38631.8%00.0%164,741
194413,833,00350.8%13,283,00248.8%115,0250.4%27,231,030
1943midterm777,12946.0%913,50854.0%00.0%1,690,637
1942midterm8,584,27842.4%10,836,14753.5%835,8274.1%20,256,252
1941midterm98,68081.8%21,89618.2%00.0%120,576
194015,832,61051.3%14,490,83346.9%546,4361.8%30,869,879
1939midterm460,83456.5%354,70443.5%00.0%815,538
1938midterm12,728,30048.0%13,179,38549.7%595,8922.2%26,503,577
1937midterm870,17854.6%724,43745.4%00.0%1,594,615
193617,429,22455.2%13,429,10042.6%697,2282.2%31,555,552
1935midterm556,26254.7%461,10445.3%00.0%1,017,366
1934midterm12,550,34252.0%10,543,60543.7%1,031,6154.3%24,125,562
1933midterm122,82075.3%40,37724.7%00.0%163,197
193215,947,97356.7%11,703,96141.6%450,2721.6%28,102,206
1931midterm1,174,01757.4%872,43342.6%00.0%2,046,450
1930midterm8,744,21149.4%8,349,46447.2%605,2973.4%17,698,972
1929midterm169,32963.0%99,65037.0%00.0%268,979
192810,659,72946.2%12,420,71353.8%00.0%23,080,442
1927midterm367,57647.9%399,69852.1%00.0%767,274
1926midterm4,669,97340.1%6,863,60458.9%123,1171.1%11,656,694
1925midterm578,92755.2%470,71344.8%00.0%1,049,640
19248,123,77445.2%9,567,83253.2%288,8401.6%17,980,446
1923midterm533,91654.6%443,74845.4%00.0%977,664
1922midterm5,752,51946.3%6,454,06352.0%207,1671.7%12,413,749
1921midterm139,41667.9%65,83332.1%00.0%205,249
19207,936,35141.0%10,670,85255.1%759,7453.9%19,366,948
1919midterm736,53345.4%887,29754.6%00.0%1,623,830
1918midterm3,972,74843.5%4,685,04751.3%473,8245.2%9,131,619
1917midterm199,94244.3%251,10255.7%00.0%451,044
19165,356,84047.9%5,662,03750.6%167,7901.5%11,186,667
1915midterm619,39951.8%571,51947.8%4,0460.3%1,194,964
1914midterm3,346,58543.7%3,534,31446.2%769,89910.1%7,650,798
1913midterm422,93349.6%257,00330.1%172,67620.3%852,612
19124,088,98351.9%2,795,66235.5%992,21312.6%7,876,858
1911midterm658,04652.8%584,01346.9%3,2960.3%1,245,355
1910midterm3,181,24445.2%3,255,96946.3%594,4858.5%7,031,698
1909midterm278,34951.0%267,65049.0%00.0%545,999
19084,612,91850.1%4,514,44749.0%88,5961.0%9,215,961
1907midterm851,43248.5%828,67147.2%75,4994.3%1,755,602
1906midterm2,536,55949.3%2,544,13349.4%65,5001.3%5,146,192
1905midterm758,22651.8%705,21248.2%00.0%1,463,438
19043,436,70345.8%3,858,68951.4%209,2972.8%7,504,689
1903midterm1,152,59447.6%1,242,10851.3%25,2511.0%2,419,953
1902midterm2,263,36946.4%2,446,12650.2%165,0523.4%4,874,547
1901midterm929,08044.9%1,139,55855.1%00.0%2,068,638
19003,473,98546.0%3,672,61848.6%404,3825.4%7,550,985
1899midterm1,031,89444.7%1,159,87350.3%115,7595.0%2,307,526
1898midterm2,868,26544.5%2,944,11445.7%636,4599.9%6,448,838
1897midterm813,98047.4%900,78752.5%2,0960.1%1,716,863
18963,332,64142.9%3,346,34743.1%1,089,76414.0%7,768,752
1895midterm1,090,91743.2%1,328,33252.6%105,6554.2%2,524,904
1894midterm1,815,14135.2%2,386,80946.2%959,33718.6%5,161,287
1893midterm834,07846.5%854,60647.6%106,8986.0%1,795,582
18923,425,88649.7%2,727,99339.6%734,67410.7%6,888,553
1891midterm1,005,76050.7%953,10548.0%25,6311.3%1,984,496
1890midterm2,432,76051.8%1,872,03339.8%395,2008.4%4,699,993
1889midterm1,168,79451.9%1,063,49147.2%18,7040.8%2,250,989
18883,145,88952.0%2,674,04544.2%235,5433.9%6,055,477
1887midterm865,70849.2%890,33650.6%1,8950.1%1,757,939
1886midterm2,186,47352.0%1,907,37245.3%114,3082.7%4,208,153
1885midterm850,76451.6%796,20048.3%1,2060.1%1,648,170
18842,730,81153.3%2,259,13244.1%135,0202.6%5,124,963
1883midterm1,048,55050.0%1,023,82648.9%23,0891.1%2,095,465
1882midterm2,318,74956.3%1,629,63439.6%168,2864.1%4,116,669
1881midterm758,57047.0%700,30043.4%154,8019.6%1,613,671
18802,362,32151.2%1,963,57442.5%289,4696.3%4,615,364
1879midterm995,83643.5%1,111,94248.5%183,3138.0%2,291,091
1878midterm1,028,32943.9%902,23438.5%412,27717.6%2,342,840
1877midterm920,65351.4%789,39744.0%82,1774.6%1,792,227
18761,954,13552.7%1,745,62447.1%9,7550.3%3,709,514
1875midterm1,300,39549.3%1,295,83049.2%38,8761.5%2,635,101
1874midterm848,32247.8%909,87151.3%15,6510.9%1,773,844
1873midterm724,73142.5%898,01552.7%82,5564.8%1,705,302
18721,606,79036.0%2,771,71962.1%81,7971.8%4,460,306
1871midterm907,83547.8%982,69051.8%6,8480.4%1,897,373
1870midterm826,01540.2%1,146,59655.8%80,8523.9%2,053,463
1869midterm840,16337.6%1,380,53861.8%13,5670.6%2,234,268
18681,431,80639.9%2,019,21256.3%136,9213.8%3,587,939
1867midterm817,04446.9%850,26548.8%75,9664.4%1,743,275
1866midterm608,13028.3%1,136,73152.9%405,68718.9%2,150,548
1865midterm560,78239.1%219,42215.3%654,05445.6%1,434,258
1864967,46142.6%262,16911.6%1,039,67545.8%2,269,305
1863midterm934,72344.4%139,4956.6%1,030,19349.0%2,104,411
1862midterm545,88942.1%267,11420.6%483,22637.3%1,296,229
1861midterm645,55844.9%377,27126.2%415,72128.9%1,438,550
18601,282,58046.6%1,319,14947.9%149,5845.4%2,751,313
1859midterm982,27552.8%572,92130.8%305,72516.4%1,860,921
1858midterm572,41247.5%552,78945.9%79,4656.6%1,204,666
1857midterm853,25449.7%646,54137.7%216,90512.6%1,716,700
1856859,05942.7%567,49928.2%586,62729.1%2,013,185
1855midterm728,39045.3%296,77818.5%582,19236.2%1,607,360
1854midterm560,23943.0%43,6523.3%700,17053.7%1,304,061
1853midterm620,63753.1%00.0%549,12946.9%1,169,766
1852741,86351.9%00.0%688,29448.1%1,430,157
1851midterm721,33746.9%00.0%816,27353.1%1,537,610
1850midterm593,34949.0%00.0%618,66051.0%1,212,009
1849midterm475,47950.1%00.0%474,48849.9%949,967
1848805,79645.3%00.0%974,59154.7%1,780,387
1847midterm563,12950.5%00.0%551,30449.5%1,114,433
1846midterm623,48347.6%00.0%686,43252.4%1,309,915
1845midterm315,74047.2%00.0%353,00652.8%668,746
1844943,38649.3%00.0%969,98050.7%1,913,366
1843midterm359,12250.4%00.0%353,80549.6%712,927
1842midterm595,30251.9%00.0%551,38148.1%1,146,683
1841midterm493,07552.1%00.0%453,45047.9%946,525
1840702,59947.9%00.0%763,63552.1%1,466,234
1839midterm316,32452.7%00.0%283,69747.3%600,021
1838midterm637,66648.8%00.0%668,89351.2%1,306,559
1837midterm253,01842.1%00.0%347,66057.9%600,678
1836470,50452.0%00.0%434,58948.0%905,093
1835midterm330,10551.6%670.0%309,90148.4%640,073
1834midterm430,71750.7%480.0%418,76849.3%849,533
1833midterm186,61958.1%95,07429.6%39,59812.3%321,291
1832469,49948.5%158,55216.4%340,84535.2%968,896
1831midterm61,52217.3%81,53822.9%212,61059.8%355,670
1830midterm267,96447.5%154,76227.4%141,81725.1%564,543
1829midterm138,22532.8%100,31023.8%182,53043.3%421,065
1828264,99941.3%217,80834.0%158,28724.7%641,094
1827midterm133,43856.7%2,4211.0%99,68342.3%235,542
1826midterm283,38659.0%73,20615.2%123,68525.8%480,277
1825midterm175,87478.4%1,7310.8%46,69020.8%224,295
1824450,22790.6%2,1510.4%44,6139.0%496,991
1823midterm259,15771.5%00.0%103,47228.5%362,629
1822midterm264,91879.6%00.0%67,87620.4%332,794
1821midterm142,53870.6%00.0%59,37629.4%201,914
1820341,80974.2%00.0%118,56025.8%460,369
1819midterm125,13355.7%00.0%99,36544.3%224,498
1818midterm107,08358.2%00.0%77,05741.8%184,140
1817midterm216,86955.0%00.0%177,68745.0%394,556
1816220,05658.1%00.0%158,55741.9%378,613
1815midterm118,62553.1%00.0%104,83646.9%223,461
1814midterm159,94254.2%00.0%135,36045.8%295,302
1813midterm153,11250.3%00.0%151,06549.7%304,177
1812150,68758.2%00.0%108,08741.8%258,774
1811midterm151,03262.1%00.0%92,22737.9%243,259
1810midterm148,72254.8%00.0%122,60745.2%271,329
1809midterm105,37853.5%00.0%91,64346.5%197,021
1808194,64764.5%00.0%107,19035.5%301,837
1807midterm177,36573.3%00.0%64,46726.7%241,832
1806midterm71,31852.5%00.0%64,44947.5%135,767
1805midterm123,40552.2%00.0%113,07647.8%236,481
1804133,01766.6%00.0%66,56833.4%199,585
1803midterm53,86945.2%00.0%65,22654.8%119,095
1802midterm90,14153.3%00.0%79,12246.7%169,263
1801midterm70,27247.8%00.0%76,72652.2%146,998
180041,47648.4%00.0%44,17551.6%85,651
1799midterm48,40847.1%00.0%54,46252.9%102,870
1798midterm20,42833.0%00.0%41,39067.0%61,818
1797midterm2,90519.5%00.0%12,00080.5%14,905
179630,10870.3%00.0%12,72729.7%42,835
1795midterm14,03530.8%00.0%31,52169.2%45,556
1794midterm00.0%00.0%12,256100.0%12,256
1793midterm20,53230.7%00.0%46,35469.3%66,886
17928,44017.1%00.0%40,90182.9%49,341
1791midterm00.0%00.0%25,054100.0%25,054
1790midterm27,97448.4%00.0%29,81751.6%57,791
1789midterm00.0%00.0%41,284100.0%41,284

How this is measured

Totals are computed at the race level: each general election is counted once, with its votes credited to the party on that ballot line. We never add up politicians’ career totals (which would double-count presidential running mates), and we exclude primaries. Candidates who switched parties are counted under the party they ran with in each race. Where a state’s fusion voting files a major party’s nominee under a cross- endorsement line (chiefly New York and Connecticut), that vote is credited to the major party the candidate represents. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor are reported separately and never combined into one number. Vote share is each group’s share of all recorded votes for that office that cycle; presidential and midterm cycles have very different turnout and are marked accordingly. Presidential figures span U.S. history; Senate figures begin in 1914 under the 17th Amendment; House and governor figures extend as far back as the cross-checked record allows, and the chart windows those two to 1900, where the year-by-year record is dense.

Compiled by PolitiFinder · data last verified July 5, 2026 · sources: Data & sources and methodology.