Presidential Elections 1972 - 2008. 1840-1880 | 1884-1924 | 1928-1968 ... Perot drew more votes than any other third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt's campaign in 1912. Presidential Election, 1988. George H. W. Bush (Republican) defeated Michael Dukakis (Democrat), winning 53 percent of the popular vote. ...

Presidential Candidates 1948-2012. The following table shows the number of votes per candidate for all Presidential General Elections from 1948 to 2012 in the State of Maryland.Write-in candidates are not listed. A check mark in the MD column marks the candidate who won in Maryland while the same check mark in the US column marks the candidates who won the national race.

Also Rans: A Chronological List of Losing Presidential Candidates of the United States Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730

2008 Barack Obama John McCain Democratic Republican 365 173 67.8% 32.2% 69,456,897 59,934,814 52.9% 45.7% 2004 George W. Bush John Kerry Republican Democratic 286 251 53.2% 46.7% 62,040,610 59,028,444 50.7% 48.3% 2000 George W. Bush Al Gore Ralph Nader Republican Democratic Green 271 266 0

Through 2016, there have been 58 presidential elections. This page links to the results of those historical elections, including a larger map, results and synopsis of the race. An interactive version of each map is also available, letting you change history.

This list does not purport to be a complete list of all third party general election candidates throughout history. It does attempt to list those that received at least approximately 1% of the vote, those candidates who are/were prominent for other reasons, or those candidates who have run multiple times.