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Previously, electors cast two votes for president, and the winner and runner up became president and vice-president respectively. The appointment of electors is a matter for each state's legislature to determine; in 1872 and in every presidential election since 1880, all states have used a popular vote to do so.
Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.
Year Democratic [a] Republican [b] Other Total Turn-out [1] [c] Majority [d] Popular Votes EC Votes Popular Votes ... United States presidential election summary ...
A map of voter turnout during the 2020 United States presidential election by state (no data for Washington, D.C.) Approximately 161 million people were registered to vote in the 2020 presidential election and roughly 96.3% ballots were submitted, totaling 158,427,986 votes. Roughly 81 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot. [3]
While slightly fewer Americans voted in 2024 than 2020, the margin is minimal, declining by about 2 percent. The incorrect viral graphic shows a nearly 17 percent drop in votes cast from the 2020 ...
Since 1824, a national popular vote has been tallied for each election, but the national popular vote does not directly affect the winner of the presidential election. The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the major parties of the two-party system have dominated presidential elections for most of U.S. history ...
Republicans haven't won the popular vote in a presidential contest since 2004 -- when President George W. Bush got 62 million votes. Ronald Reagan won 54 million votes in his landslide election in ...
How many people voted in the last presidential election? A. A total of 129,085,410 votes were cast for president in 2012, when incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama faced Republican Mitt Romney.