This article is a list of United States presidential candidates.The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788-1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.If no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote, the winner is determined through ...

List. The table below is a list of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin. It is sorted to display elections by their presidential term / year of election, name, margin by percentage in popular vote, popular vote, margin in popular vote by number, and the runner up in the Electoral College.

Presidential Elections, 1789-2020. Election results for every election, from 1789 to the present. Includes all candidates, their parties, number of electoral and popular votes. For the original method of electing the president and the vice president (elections of 1789, 1792, 1796, and 1800), see Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution. The ...

Election Winner: Runner-Up: Electoral Votes for Winner: Electoral Votes for Runner Up: Popular Vote: Pop Vote Margin: 2016: Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton: 304: 227: 62,979,636-2,864,974: 2012: Barack Obama: Mitt Romney: 332: 206: 62,615,406: 3,473,402: 2008: Barack Obama: John McCain: 365: 173: 66,862,039: 8,542,597: 2004: George W. Bush: John Kerry: 286: 251: 62,040,610: 3,012,499: 2000: George W. Bush: Al Gore: 271

The following is a list of all national elections for President. Popular vote counts are shown when available. The Presidential winner is shown in bold; the Vice Presidential winner is shown in italics. A separate page lists the electoral votes cast in each election.. Prior to the 1804 election, the method of electing the Vice President, as spelled out in the Constitution, was for the first ...