1 In the elections from 1789 to 1804, each elector voted for two people without indicating which one should be president and which one should be vice president. |
2 In early elections in many states, electors were chosen by legislatures, not popular vote. |
3 Candidates winning no electoral votes and less than 2 percent of the popular vote are excluded; Percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding. |
4 Washington faced no opposition for the presidency in 1789 and 1792. |
5 Because the two houses of the New York legislature could not agree on the electors, the state did not vote. North Carolina and Rhode Island have not yet ratified the Constitution. |
6 As Jefferson and Burr received the same number of electoral votes, the decision was referred to the House of Representatives. THE Twelfth Amendment (1804) provided that electors voted separately for president and vice president. |
7 As no candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the decision was made by the House of Representatives. |
8 Greeley died shortly after the November election. Three electors pledged that Greeley would vote for him, but they were not counted; the others voted for the other registered candidates. |
9 Includes a variety of joint tickets with People’s Party voters committed to Bryan. |
10 A Gore voter in Washington, D.C., abstained from voting. |
Sources: Electoral and popular vote totals based on data from the Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives; the United States Federal Register Office; the Federal Election Commission; Congressional Quarterly Guide to US Elections4th ed. (2001); and official certified state vote totals. |