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Presidential Election Mandates
J.Q. Adams - Clinton II

President
Year
% popular vote
pop. vote advantage
% 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
Taylor
1848
47.3
4.8
56.2
12.4
8.9
Pierce
1852
50.8
6.9
85.8
71.6
35.0
Buchanan
1856
45.3
12.2
58.8
20.3
13.5
Lincoln
1860
39.8
10.3
59.4
55.4
19.6
Lincoln
1864
55.0
10.0
90.6
81.6
35.6
Grant
1868
52.7
5.4
72.8
45.6
20.1
Grant
1872
55.6
11.8
78.1
66.0
22.5
Hayes
1876
48.0
-3.0
50.1
0.2
2.1
Garfield
1880
48.3
0.1
58.0
16.0
9.7
Cleveland
1884
48.5
0.3
54.6
9.3
6.1
B. Harrison
1888
47.8
-0.8
58.1
16.1
10.3
Cleveland
1892
46.1
3.1
62.4
29.7
16.3
McKinley
1896
51.0
4.3
60.6
21.2
9.6
McKinley
1900
51.7
6.2
65.3
30.6
13.6
T. Roosevelt
1904
56.4
18.8
70.6
41.2
14.2
Taft
1908
51.6
8.6
66.5
33.0
14.9
Wilson
1912
41.8
18.6
81.9
80.4
40.1
Wilson
1916
49.2
3.1
52.2
4.4
3.0
Harding
1920
60.3
26.1
76.1
52.2
15.8
Coolidge
1924
54.1
25.3
71.9
46.3
17.8
Hoover
1928
58.2
17.4
83.6
67.2
25.4
F. Roosevelt
1932
57.4
17.8
88.9
77.8
31.5
F. Roosevelt
1936
60.8
24.3
98.4
96.9
37.6
F. Roosevelt
1940
54.7
9.9
84.6
69.2
29.9
F. Roosevelt
1944
53.3
7.4
81.4
62.8
28.1
Truman
1948
49.5
4.4
57.1
21.5
7.6
Eisenhower
1952
55.1
10.7
83.2
66.4
28.1
Eisenhower
1956
57.4
15.4
86.1
72.4
28.7
Kennedy
1960
49.7
0.2
56.4
15.6
6.7
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
Nixon
1972
60.7
23.2
96.7
93.5
36.0
Carter
1976
50.1
2.1
55.2
10.6
5.1
Reagan
1980
50.7
9.7
90.9
81.8
40.2
Reagan
1984
58.8
18.2
97.6
57.0
38.8
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


Sources: (1961-1977) Paul Light, The Presidential Agenda, rev. ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 45.
(1949-1957 & 1981-1997) Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 384.
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