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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.
The following list indicates lifetime popular votes received across multiple elections in which the candidate was the nominee of a political party or was otherwise on a presidential ballot. It does include write-in votes that may have been received by candidates in elections in which they were not candidates.
Historical Timeline. View the electoral map for any prior presidential election. Click or tap any of the maps for a more detailed narrative of that election and a link to an interactive version where you can change history. For a different perspective, look at the same since maps, which track the current single party voting streak for each ...
Presidential Election results for every election, from 1789 to the present. Includes all candidates, their parties, number of electoral and popular votes.
Click on an election year in the interactive below to learn more about the candidates and political parties and to view electoral and popular vote counts. The table below the interactive also provides the historical results.
During the first presidential election in 1789, in four of the 11 states of the time, the electors were elected directly by voters. In two others, a hybrid system was used where both the voters and the state legislatures took part in electing the electors.
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.
Historical Presidential Elections. Through 2020, there have been 59 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 article provides a link to interactive election maps and lists those elections in chronological order. (For more information about the office of the U.S. presidency, see presidency of the United States of America.) presidential election of 1789. presidential election of 1792.
Democratic-Republican Candidates: Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson. Federalist Candidate: John Adams, Charles C. Pinckney. * The tie in the Electoral College sent the election to the House of Representatives, where Jefferson received the most votes.