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Presidential Election Mandates
J.Q. Adams - Clinton II
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President
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Year
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% popular vote
|
pop. vote advantage |
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% electoral vote
|
electoral vote advantage |
|
% difference between popular & electoral vote |
| J.Q. Adams
|
1824
|
30.9
|
-10.4
|
32.2
|
-5.7
|
1.3
|
| Jackson
|
1828
|
56.0
|
12.4
|
68.2
|
36.4
|
12.2
|
| Jackson
|
1832
|
54.2
|
16.8
|
76.0
|
59.0
|
21.8
|
| Van Buren
|
1836
|
50.8
|
14.2
|
57.8
|
33.0
|
7.0
|
| W. Harrison
|
1840
|
52.8
|
6.0
|
79.6
|
59.2
|
26.8
|
| Polk
|
1844
|
49.5
|
1.4
|
61.8
|
23.6
|
12.3
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| Taylor
|
1848
|
47.3
|
4.8
|
56.2
|
12.4
|
8.9
|
| Pierce
|
1852
|
50.8
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6.9
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85.8
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71.6
|
35.0
|
| Buchanan
|
1856
|
45.3
|
12.2
|
58.8
|
20.3
|
13.5
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| Lincoln
|
1860
|
39.8
|
10.3
|
59.4
|
55.4
|
19.6
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| Lincoln
|
1864
|
55.0
|
10.0
|
90.6
|
81.6
|
35.6
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| Grant
|
1868
|
52.7
|
5.4
|
72.8
|
45.6
|
20.1
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| Grant
|
1872
|
55.6
|
11.8
|
78.1
|
66.0
|
22.5
|
| Hayes
|
1876
|
48.0
|
-3.0
|
50.1
|
0.2
|
2.1
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| Garfield
|
1880
|
48.3
|
0.1
|
58.0
|
16.0
|
9.7
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| Cleveland
|
1884
|
48.5
|
0.3
|
54.6
|
9.3
|
6.1
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| B. Harrison
|
1888
|
47.8
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-0.8
|
58.1
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16.1
|
10.3
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| Cleveland
|
1892
|
46.1
|
3.1
|
62.4
|
29.7
|
16.3
|
| McKinley
|
1896
|
51.0
|
4.3
|
60.6
|
21.2
|
9.6
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| McKinley
|
1900
|
51.7
|
6.2
|
65.3
|
30.6
|
13.6
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| T. Roosevelt
|
1904
|
56.4
|
18.8
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70.6
|
41.2
|
14.2
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| Taft
|
1908
|
51.6
|
8.6
|
66.5
|
33.0
|
14.9
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| Wilson
|
1912
|
41.8
|
18.6
|
81.9
|
80.4
|
40.1
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| Wilson
|
1916
|
49.2
|
3.1
|
52.2
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4.4
|
3.0
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| Harding
|
1920
|
60.3
|
26.1
|
76.1
|
52.2
|
15.8
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| Coolidge
|
1924
|
54.1
|
25.3
|
71.9
|
46.3
|
17.8
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| Hoover
|
1928
|
58.2
|
17.4
|
83.6
|
67.2
|
25.4
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| F. Roosevelt
|
1932
|
57.4
|
17.8
|
88.9
|
77.8
|
31.5
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| F. Roosevelt
|
1936
|
60.8
|
24.3
|
98.4
|
96.9
|
37.6
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| F. Roosevelt
|
1940
|
54.7
|
9.9
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84.6
|
69.2
|
29.9
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| F. Roosevelt
|
1944
|
53.3
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7.4
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81.4
|
62.8
|
28.1
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| Truman
|
1948
|
49.5
|
4.4
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57.1
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21.5
|
7.6
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| Eisenhower
|
1952
|
55.1
|
10.7
|
83.2
|
66.4
|
28.1
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| Eisenhower
|
1956
|
57.4
|
15.4
|
86.1
|
72.4
|
28.7
|
| Kennedy
|
1960
|
49.7
|
0.2
|
56.4
|
15.6
|
6.7
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| L. Johnson
|
1964
|
61.1
|
22.6
|
90.3
|
80.4
|
29.2
|
| Nixon
|
1968
|
43.4
|
0.7
|
55.9
|
20.4
|
12.5
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| Nixon
|
1972
|
60.7
|
23.2
|
96.7
|
93.5
|
36.0
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| Carter
|
1976
|
50.1
|
2.1
|
55.2
|
10.6
|
5.1
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| Reagan
|
1980
|
50.7
|
9.7
|
90.9
|
81.8
|
40.2
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| Reagan
|
1984
|
58.8
|
18.2
|
97.6
|
57.0
|
38.8
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| Bush
|
1988
|
53.4
|
7.8
|
79.2
|
58.6
|
25.8
|
| Clinton
|
1992
|
43.0
|
5.6
|
68.8
|
37.6
|
25.8
|
| Clinton
|
1996
|
49.2
|
8.5
|
70.4
|
40.8
|
21.2
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