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Presidential Election Popular Votes 1940-2012

(Numbers reflect millions)

	Candidates for President				Vote cast for President
Year	Democratic	Republican	Total	Democratic			Republican
			Popular vote¹(1,000)	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Number (1,000)	Percent		Number (1,000)	Percent
1940†	F.D.Roosevelt	Willkie	49,900	27,313	54.7	449	22,348	44.8	82
1944†	F.D.Roosevelt	Dewey	47,977	25,613	53.4	432	22,018	45.9	99
1948	Truman	Dewey	48,834	24,106	49.6	303	21,969	45.0	189
1952	Stevenson	Eisenhower	61,552	27,315	44.4	89	33,779	54.9	442
1956	Stevenson	Eisenhower	62,027	26,739	43.1	73	35,581	57.4	457
1960	Kennedy	Nixon	68,836	34,227	49.7	303	34,108	49.5	219
1964	Johnson	Goldwater	70,098	42,825	61.1	486	27,147	38.7	52
1968	Humphrey	Nixon	73,027	30,989	42.4	191	31,710	43.4	301
1972	McGovern	Nixon	77,625	28,902	37.2	17	46,740	60.2	520
1976	Carter	Ford	81,603	40,826	50.0	297	39,148	48.0	240
1980	Carter	Reagan	86,497	35,481	41.0	49	43,643	50.5	489
1984	Mondale	Reagan	92,655	37,450	40.4	13	54,167	58.5	525
1988	Dukakis	Bush	91,587	41,717	45.5	111	48,643	53.1	426
1992	Clinton	Bush	104,600	44,858	42.9	370	38,799	37.1	168
1996	Clinton	Dole	96,390	47,402	49.2	379	39,198	40.7	159
2000	Gore	Bush	105,594	50,996	48.3	266	50,465	47.8	271
2004	Kerry	Bush	122,349	58,895	48.1	251	61,837	50.6	286
2008	Obama	McCain	131,407	69,498	52.9	365	59,948	45.6	173
2012	Obama	Romney	124,026	62,611	51.0	332	59,134	47.2	206
¹ Includes votes for minor party candidates, independents, unpledged electors, and scattered write-in votes. † Source: US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2002. (Table 370) (http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/02statab/election.pdf) Source: US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010. (Table 389) (http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/10statab/election.pdf)
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Presidential Election Popular Votes 1940-2012

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