Electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections



The following is a summary of the electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections. It summarizes the changes in the Electoral College vote by comparing United States presidential election results for a given year with those from the immediate preceding election. It tracks those states which changed their support between parties as well as changes resulting from other factors, such as reapportionment.

1792 vs. 1788
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1792: None * Washington received only 10 of Virginia's 12 electoral votes in the 1788 election.

1796 vs. 1792
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1796: Federalist Party Though George Washington was officially non-partisan during his presidency, he was broadly sympathetic to the Federalist platform and was endorsed by both parties. * Washington received only 3 of Vermont's 4 electoral votes in the 1792 election. † Adams received only 1 of North Carolina's 12 electoral votes in the 1796 election. ‡ ''Washington only received 8 of Maryland's 10 electoral votes in the 1792 election. In 1796, Adams received 7 of 10.'' ↑ Adams received only 1 of Pennsylvania's 15 electoral votes in the 1796 election. ↓ Adams received only 1 of Virginia's 21 electoral votes in the 1796 election.

1800 vs. 1796
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1800: Democratic-Republican Party * ''Jefferson received only 4 of Maryland's 10 electoral votes in the 1796 election. In 1800, he received 5 of 10.'' † Jefferson received only 20 of Virginia's 21 electoral votes in the 1796 election. ‡ Jefferson received only 8 of North Carolina's 12 electoral votes in the 1800 election, as opposed to the 11 of 12 he received in 1796. ↑ Jefferson received only 8 of Pennsylvania's 15 electoral votes in the 1800 election, as opposed to the 14 of 15 he received in 1796.

1804 vs. 1800
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1804: Democratic-Republican Party * ''Jefferson received only 5 of Maryland's 10 electoral votes in the 1800 election. In 1804, he received 9 of 11.'' † Jefferson received only 8 of North Carolina's 12 electoral votes in the 1800 election. ‡ Jefferson received only 8 of Pennsylvania's 15 electoral votes in the 1800 election.

1808 vs. 1804
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1808: Democratic-Republican Party * Madison received only 7 of Kentucky's 8 electoral votes in the 1808 election. † Madison received only 13 of New York's 19 electoral votes in the 1808 election. ‡ Madison received only 11 of North Carolina's 14 electoral votes in the 1808 election.

1812 vs. 1808
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1812: Democratic-Republican Party * Madison received only 7 of Kentucky's 8 electoral votes in the 1808 election. † Madison received only 11 of North Carolina's 14 electoral votes in the 1808 election. ‡ ''Madison received only 9 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in the 1808 election. In 1812, Madison received 6 out of 11.'' ↑ Madison received only 7 of Ohio's 8 electoral votes in the 1812 election.

1816 vs. 1812
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1816: Democratic-Republican Party * ''Madison received only 6 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in the 1812 election. In 1816, Monroe received 8 out of 11'' † Madison received only 7 of Ohio's 8 electoral votes in the 1812 election.

1820 vs. 1816
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1820: Democratic-Republican Party * Monroe received only 7 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820.

1824 vs. 1820
Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1824: one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes of the winning candidate, even though he did not receive a plurality of the electoral votes and the election was decided in the United States House of Representatives. * Adams received only 1 of Delaware's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election. † Adams received only 1 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election. ‡ Adams received only 2 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election. ↑ Adams received only 3 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in the 1824 election. ↓ Adams received only 1 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820 and all 8 in 1824.
 * 1) Adams received only 26 of New York's 36 electoral votes in the 1824 election.

1828 vs. 1824
Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1828: candidate of the Democratic Party in 1828 and one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party in 1824

Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes changes of the winning candidate of 1828. * Jackson received only 2 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election. † Jackson received only 3 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election. ‡ Jackson received only 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in the 1828 election. ↑ Jackson received 1 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1824 and 20 of 26 in 1828. ↓ Jackson received 7 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1824 and 5 of 11 in 1828.

1832 vs. 1828
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1832: Democratic Party * Jackson received 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in 1828 and all 10 in 1832. † Jackson received 20 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1828 and all 42 in 1832. ‡ Jackson received 5 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1828 and 3 of 11 in 1832.

1836 vs. 1832
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1836: Democratic Party * Jackson received only 3 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1832 election.

1840 vs. 1836
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1840: Whig Party

1844 vs. 1840
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1844: Democratic Party

1848 vs. 1844
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1848: Whig Party

1852 vs. 1848
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1852: Democratic Party

1856 vs. 1852
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1856: Democratic Party

1860 vs. 1856
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1860: Republican Party * Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in the 1860 election.

1864 vs. 1860
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1864: Republican Party * Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in 1860.

1868 vs. 1864
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1868: Republican Party * Lincoln received only 2 of Nevada's 3 electoral votes in 1864.

1872 vs. 1868
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1872: Republican Party

1876 vs. 1872
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1876: Republican Party

1880 vs. 1876
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1880: Republican Party * Garfield received only 1 of California's 6 electoral votes in the 1880 election.

1884 vs. 1880
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1884: Democratic Party * Hancock received only 5 of California's 6 electoral votes in 1880.

1888 vs. 1884
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1888: Republican Party

1892 vs. 1888
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1892: Democratic Party * Cleveland received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1892 election. † Cleveland received only 5 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election. ‡ Cleveland received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election. ↑ Cleveland received only 1 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.

1896 vs. 1892
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1896: Republican Party * Harrison received 1 of California's 9 electoral votes in 1892 vs. McKinley's 8 of 9 in 1896. † McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election. ‡ Harrison received only 9 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election. ↑ Harrison received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election. ↓ Harrison received only 22 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
 * 1) Harrison received only 3 of Oregon's 4 electoral votes in the 1892 election.

1900 vs. 1896
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1900: Republican Party * McKinley received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1896 election. † McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election.

1904 vs. 1900
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1904: Republican Party * Theodore Roosevelt received only 1 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1904 election 

1908 vs. 1904
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1908: Republican Party * Taft received 2 of 8 Maryland electors in 1908 vs. Roosevelt's 1 of 8 in 1904 

1912 vs. 1908
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1912: Democratic Party * Wilson received only 2 of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election

† Bryan received only 6 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1908 election''

1916 vs. 1912
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1916: Democratic Party * Wilson received only 2 out of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election † Wilson received only 1 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election

1920 vs. 1916
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1920: Republican Party * Hughes received only 7 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election

1924 vs. 1920
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1924: Republican Party

1928 vs. 1924
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1928: Republican Party

1932 vs. 1928
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1932: Democratic Party

1936 vs. 1932
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1936: Democratic Party

1940 vs. 1936
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1940: Democratic Party

1944 vs. 1940
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1944: Democratic Party

1948 vs. 1944
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1948: Democratic Party * Truman received only 11 out of Tennessee's 12 electoral votes

1952 vs. 1948
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1952: Republican Party

1956 vs. 1952
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1956: Republican Party

1960 vs. 1956
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1960: Democratic Party * Kennedy received only 5 out of Alabama's 11 electoral votes

1964 vs. 1960
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1964: Democratic Party * Kennedy received only 5 electoral votes from Alabama in 1960 of what would have been 10 electoral votes in 1964

1968 vs. 1964
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1968: Republican Party * Nixon received only 12 out of North Carolina's 13 electoral votes in 1968

1972 vs. 1968
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1972: Republican Party

* Nixon received only 12 out of North Carolina's 13 electoral votes in 1968

† Nixon received only 11 out of Virginia's 12 electoral votes in 1972

1976 vs. 1972
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1976: Democratic Party

1980 vs. 1976
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1980: Republican Party * Ford received only 8 of Washington's 9 electoral votes in 1976, while 1 faithless elector voted for Reagan

1984 vs. 1980
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1984: Republican Party

1988 vs. 1984
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1988: Republican Party

1992 vs. 1988
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1992: Democratic Party

* ''Dukakis received only 5 of West Virginia's 6 electoral votes in 1988, while 1 faithless elector voted for his running mate Lloyd Bentsen. Due to reapportionment, West Virginia had 5 electoral votes in 1992, of which Clinton won all of them''

1996 vs. 1992
Electoral votes of the party that won in 1996: Democratic Party

2000 vs. 1996
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2000: Republican Party

2004 vs. 2000
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2004: Republican Party

2008 vs. 2004
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2008: Democratic Party

* Kerry received only 9 of Minnesota's 10 electoral votes in 2004, while 1 faithless elector voted for his running mate John Edwards

** Obama received one of Nebraska's five electoral votes, for his win in Nebraska's second Congressional district

2012 vs. 2008
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2012: Democratic Party * While Obama received 1 out of Nebraska's total electoral votes in 2008, he lost all of the state's votes in 2012

2016 vs. 2012
Electoral votes of the party that won in 2016: Republican Party * Trump received one of Maine's four electoral votes, for his win in Maine's second Congressional district

† Trump received 36 of Texas's 38 electoral votes, while two faithless electors voted for other candidates

2020 vs. 2016


Electoral votes of the party that won in 2020: Democratic Party

* Biden received one of Nebraska's five electoral votes, for his win in Nebraska's second Congressional district

† In 2016, Clinton received 3 of Hawaii's 4 electoral votes, while 1 faithless elector voted for Bernie Sanders in 2016

†† In 2016, Clinton received 8 of Washington's 12 electoral votes, while 4 faithless electors voted for other candidates in 2016