Electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections

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Electoral votes by state/federal district for the elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020, with apportionment changes between the 2000 and 2010 Censuses

The following is a summary of the electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections. It summarizes the changes in the Electoral College vote by comparing United States presidential election results for a given year with those from the immediate preceding election. It tracks those states that changed their support between parties as well as changes resulting from other factors, such as reapportionment.

1820 vs. 1816

Results in 1820

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1820: Democratic-Republican Party

1816 electoral vote James Monroe	Gain due to reapportionment	1816 result under the 1820 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1820 electoral vote James Monroe
183	2	185	48	1	231
			Alabama(3) Connecticut(9) Delaware(4) Illinois(9) Massachusetts(15) Maine(3) Mississippi(2) Missouri(3)	New Hampshire(1)*

* Monroe received only 7 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820.

1824 vs. 1820

Results in 1824

Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1824: one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party

1820 electoral vote John Quincy Adams	Gains	Losses	1824 electoral vote John Quincy Adams
1	83		84
	Connecticut(8) Delaware(1)* Illinois(1)† Louisiana(2)‡ Maryland(3)↑ Maine(9) Massachusetts(15) New Hampshire(7)↓ New York (26)# Rhode Island(4) Vermont(7)

Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes of the winning candidate, even though he did not receive a plurality of the electoral votes and the election was decided in the United States House of Representatives.
* Adams received only 1 of Delaware's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
† Adams received only 1 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
‡ Adams received only 2 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
↑ Adams received only 3 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
↓ Adams received only 1 of New Hampshire's 8 electoral votes in 1820 and all 8 in 1824.
# Adams received only 26 of New York's 36 electoral votes in the 1824 election.

1828 vs. 1824

Results in 1828

Electoral votes of the candidate that won in 1828: candidate of the Democratic Party in 1828 and one of several from the Democratic-Republican Party in 1824

1824 electoral vote Andrew Jackson	Gains	Losses	1828 electoral vote Andrew Jackson
99	89	10	178
	Georgia(9) Illinois(1)* Kentucky(14) Louisiana(2)† Maine(1)‡ Missouri(3) New York(19)↑ Ohio(16) Virginia(24)	Maryland(2)↓ New Jersey(8)

Due to multiple candidates from the same party in the 1824 election (and the party being the only major party at the time), this chart only shows the electoral votes changes of the winning candidate of 1828.
* Jackson received only 2 of Illinois's 3 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
† Jackson received only 3 of Louisiana's 5 electoral votes in the 1824 election.
‡ Jackson received only 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in the 1828 election.
↑ Jackson received 1 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1824 and 20 of 26 in 1828.
↓ Jackson received 7 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1824 and 5 of 11 in 1828.

1832 vs. 1828

Results in 1832

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1832: Democratic Party

1828 electoral vote Andrew Jackson	Gain due to reapportionment	1828 result under the 1832 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1832 electoral vote Andrew Jackson
178	23	201	46	28	219
			Maine(9)* New Hampshire(7) New Jersey(8) New York(22)†	Kentucky(15) Maryland(2)‡ South Carolina(11)

* Jackson received 1 of Maine's 9 electoral votes in 1828 and all 10 in 1832.
† Jackson received 20 of New York's 36 electoral votes in 1828 and all 42 in 1832.
‡ Jackson received 5 of Maryland's 11 electoral votes in 1828 and 3 of 8 in 1832.

1836 vs. 1832

Results in 1836

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1836: Democratic Party

1832 electoral vote Andrew Jackson	Gains	Losses	1836 electoral vote Martin Van Buren
219	18	67	170
	Arkansas(3) Connecticut(8) Michigan(3) Rhode Island(4)	Georgia(11) Indiana(9) Maryland(3)* New Jersey(8) Ohio(21) Tennessee(15)

* Jackson received only 3 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1832 election.

1840 vs. 1836

Results in 1840

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1840: Whig Party

1836 electoral vote William Henry Harrison Hugh Lawson White Daniel Webster	Gains	Losses	1840 electoral vote William Henry Harrison
113	121		154
	Connecticut(8) Louisiana(5) Maine(10) Michigan(3) Mississippi(4) New York(42) North Carolina(15) Pennsylvania(30) Rhode Island(4)

1844 vs. 1840

Results in 1844

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1844: Democratic Party

1840 electoral vote Martin Van Buren	Gain due to reapportionment	1840 result under the 1844 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1844 electoral vote James Polk
60	0	60	110		170
			Georgia(10) Indiana(12) Louisiana(6) Maine(9) Michigan(5) Mississippi(6) New York(36) Pennsylvania(26)

1848 vs. 1844

Results in 1848

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1848: Whig Party

1844 electoral vote Henry Clay	Gains	Losses	1848 electoral vote Zachary Taylor
105	81	23	163
	Georgia(10) Florida(3) Louisiana(6) New York(36) Pennsylvania(26)	Ohio(23)

1852 vs. 1848

Results in 1852

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1852: Democratic Party

1848 electoral vote Lewis Cass	Gain due to reapportionment	1848 result under the 1852 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1852 electoral vote Franklin Pierce
127	4	131	123		254
			California(4) Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Florida(3) Georgia(10) Louisiana(6) Maryland(8) New Jersey(7) New York(35) North Carolina(10) Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4)

1856 vs. 1852

Results in 1856

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1856: Democratic Party

1852 electoral vote Franklin Pierce	Gains	Losses	1856 electoral vote James Buchanan
254	24	104	174
	Kentucky(12) Tennessee(12)	Connecticut(6) Iowa(4) Maine(8) Maryland(8) Michigan(6) New Hampshire(5) New York(35) Ohio(23) Rhode Island(4) Wisconsin(5)

1860 vs. 1856

Results in 1860

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1860: Republican Party

1856 electoral vote John Fremont	Gains	Losses	1860 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln
114	66		180
	California(4) Illinois(11) Indiana(3) Minnesota(4) New Jersey(4)* Oregon(3) Pennsylvania(27)

* Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in the 1860 election.

1864 vs. 1860

Results in 1864

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1864: Republican Party

1860 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln	Gain due to reapportionment	1860 result under the 1864 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1864 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln
180	8	188	28	4	212
			Kansas(3) Maryland(7) Missouri(11) Nevada(2) West Virginia(5)	New Jersey(4)*

* Lincoln received only 4 of New Jersey's 7 electoral votes in 1860.

1868 vs. 1864

Results in 1868

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1868: Republican Party

1864 electoral vote Abraham Lincoln	Gain due to reapportionment	1864 result under the 1868 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1868 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant
212	1	213	44	43	214
			Alabama(8) Arkansas(5) Florida(3) Nebraska(3) North Carolina(9) South Carolina(6) Tennessee(10)	Maryland(7) New York(33) Oregon(3)

1872 vs. 1868

Results in 1872

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1868: Republican Party

1868 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant	Gain due to reapportionment	1868 result under the 1872 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1872 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant
214	35	249	69	32	286
			Delaware(3) Mississippi(8) New Jersey(9) New York(35) Oregon(3) Virginia(11)	Arkansas(5) Missouri(15) Tennessee(12)

1876 vs. 1872

Results in 1876

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1876: Republican Party

1872 electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant	Gains	Losses	1876 electoral vote Rutherford B. Hayes
286	11	118	185
	Colorado(3) Louisiana(8)	Alabama(10) Arkansas(6) Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Indiana(15) New Jersey(9) New York(35) North Carolina(10) Virginia(11) West Virginia(5)

1880 vs. 1876

Results in 1880

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1880: Republican Party

1876 electoral vote Rutherford Hayes	Gains	Losses	1880 electoral vote James Garfield
185	56	27	214
	Connecticut(6) Indiana(15) New York(35)	California(5)* Florida(4) Louisiana(8) South Carolina(7) Nevada(3)

* Garfield received only 1 of California's 6 electoral votes in the 1880 election.

1884 vs. 1880

Results in 1884

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1884: Democratic Party

1880 electoral vote Winfield Hancock	Gain due to reapportionment	1880 result under the 1884 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1884 electoral vote Grover Cleveland
155	15	170	57	8	219
			Connecticut(6) Indiana(15) New York(36)	California(5)* Nevada(3)

* Hancock received only 5 of California's 6 electoral votes in 1880.

1888 vs. 1884

Results in 1888

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1888: Republican Party

1884 electoral vote James G. Blaine	Gains	Losses	1888 electoral vote Benjamin Harrison
182	51		233
	Indiana(15) New York(36)

1892 vs. 1888

Results in 1892

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1888: Democratic Party

1888 electoral vote Grover Cleveland	Gain due to reapportionment	1888 result under the 1892 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1892 electoral vote Grover Cleveland
168	7	175	102		277
			California(8)* Illinois(24) Indiana(15) Michigan(5)† New York(36) North Dakota(1)‡ Ohio(1)↑ Wisconsin(12)

* Cleveland received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
† Cleveland received only 5 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
‡ Cleveland received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↑ Cleveland received only 1 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.

1896 vs. 1892

Results in 1896

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1896: Republican Party

1892 electoral vote Benjamin Harrison	Gains	Losses	1896 electoral vote William McKinley
145	148	22	271
	California(7)* Connecticut(6) Delaware(3) Illinois(24) Indiana(15) Kentucky(12)† Maryland(8) Michigan(5)‡ New Jersey(10) New York(36) North Dakota(2)↑ Ohio(1)↓ Oregon(1)# West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(12)	Montana(3) Nebraska(8) South Dakota(4) Washington(4) Wyoming(3)

* Harrison received 1 of California's 9 electoral votes in 1892 vs. McKinley's 8 of 9 in 1896.
† McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election.
‡ Harrison received only 9 of Michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↑ Harrison received only 1 of North Dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
↓ Harrison received only 22 of Ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election.
# Harrison received only 3 of Oregon's 4 electoral votes in the 1892 election.

1900 vs. 1896

Results in 1900

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1900: Republican Party

1896 electoral vote William McKinley	Gains	Losses	1900 electoral vote William McKinley
271	33	12	292
	California(1)* Kansas(10) Nebraska(8) South Dakota(4) Utah(3) Washington(4) Wyoming(3)	Kentucky(12)†

* McKinley received only 8 of California's 9 electoral votes in the 1896 election.
† McKinley received only 12 of Kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election.

1904 vs. 1900

Results in 1904

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1904: Republican Party

1900 electoral vote William McKinley	Gain due to reapportionment	1900 result under the 1904 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1904 electoral vote Theodore Roosevelt
292	19	311	32	7	336
			Colorado(5) Idaho(3) Missouri(18) Montana(3) Nevada(3)	Maryland(7)*

* Theodore Roosevelt received only 1 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1904 election

1908 vs. 1904

Results in 1908

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1908: Republican Party

1904 electoral vote Theodore Roosevelt	Gains	Losses	1908 electoral vote William Taft
336	1	16	321
	Maryland(1)*	Colorado(5) Nebraska(8) Nevada(3)

* Taft received 2 of 8 Maryland electors in 1908 vs. Roosevelt's 1 of 8 in 1904

1912 vs. 1908

Results in 1912

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1912: Democratic Party

1908 electoral vote William Jennings Bryan	Gain due to reapportionment	1908 result under the 1912 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1912 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson
162	10	172	263		435
			California(2)* Connecticut(7) Delaware(3) Idaho(4) Illinois(29) Indiana(15) Iowa(13) Kansas(10) Maine(6) Maryland(8)† Massachusetts(18) Missouri(18) Montana(4) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(14) New York(45) North Dakota(5) Ohio(24) Oregon(5) Rhode Island(5) West Virginia(8) Wisconsin(13) Wyoming(3)

* Wilson received only 2 of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election

^† ''Bryan received only 6 of Maryland's 8 electoral votes in the 1908 election

1916 vs. 1912

Results in 1916

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1916: Democratic Party

1912 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson	Gains	Losses	1916 electoral vote Woodrow Wilson
435	22	180	277
	California(11)* Utah(4) Washington(7)	Connecticut(7) Delaware(3) Illinois(29) Indiana(15) Iowa(13) Maine(6) Massachusetts(18) New Jersey(14) New York(45) Oregon(5) Rhode Island(5) West Virginia(7)† Wisconsin(13)

* Wilson received only 2 out of California's 13 electoral votes in the 1912 election
† Wilson received only 1 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election

1920 vs. 1916

Results in 1920

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1920: Republican Party

1916 electoral vote Charles Evans Hughes	Gains	Losses	1920 electoral vote Warren G. Harding
254	150		404
	Arizona(3) California(13) Colorado(6) Idaho(4) Kansas(10) Maryland(8) Missouri(18) Montana(4) Nebraska(8) Nevada(3) New Hampshire(4) New Mexico(3) North Dakota(5) Ohio(24) Oklahoma(10) Tennessee (12) Utah(4) Washington(7) West Virginia(1)* Wyoming(3)

* Hughes received only 7 out of West Virginia's 8 electoral votes in the 1916 election

1924 vs. 1920

Results in 1924

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1924: Republican Party

1920 electoral vote Warren G. Harding	Gains	Losses	1924 electoral vote Calvin Coolidge
404	13	35	382
	Kentucky(13)	Oklahoma(10) Tennessee(12) Wisconsin(12)

1928 vs. 1924

Results in 1928

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1928: Republican Party

1924 electoral vote Calvin Coolidge	Gains	Losses	1928 electoral vote Herbert Hoover
382	85	23	444
	Florida(6) North Carolina(12) Oklahoma(10) Tennessee(12) Texas(20) Virginia(12) Wisconsin(13)	Massachusetts(18) Rhode Island(5)

1932 vs. 1928

Results in 1932

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1932: Democratic Party

1928 electoral vote Alfred E. Smith	Loss due to reapportionment	1928 result under the 1932 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1932 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt
87	7	80	392		472
			Arizona(3) California(22) Colorado(6) Florida(7) Idaho(4) Illinois(29) Indiana(14) Iowa(11) Kansas(9) Kentucky(11) Maryland(8) Michigan(19) Minnesota(11) Missouri(15) Montana(4) Nebraska(7) Nevada(3) New Jersey(16) New Mexico(3) New York(47) North Carolina(13) North Dakota(4) Ohio(26) Oregon(5) Oklahoma(11) South Dakota(4) Tennessee(11) Texas(23) Utah(4) Virginia(11) Washington(8) West Virginia(8) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3)

1936 vs. 1932

Results in 1936

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1936: Democratic Party

1932 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gains	Losses	1936 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt
472	51		523
	Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) New Hampshire(4) Pennsylvania(36)

1940 vs. 1936

Results in 1940

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1940: Democratic Party

1936 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gains	Losses	1940 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt
523		74	449
		Colorado(6) Indiana(14) Iowa(11) Kansas(9) Michigan(19) Nebraska(7) North Dakota(4) South Dakota(4)

1944 vs. 1940

Results in 1944

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1944: Democratic Party

1940 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gain due to reapportionment	1940 result under the 1944 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1944 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt
449	4	453	19	40	432
			Michigan(19)	Ohio(25) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3)

1948 vs. 1944

Results in 1948

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1948: Democratic Party

1944 electoral vote Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gains	Losses	1948 electoral vote Harry Truman
432	56	185	303
	Colorado(6) Iowa(10) Ohio(25) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3)	Alabama(11) Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) Louisiana(10) Maryland(8) Michigan(19) Mississippi(9) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(16) New York(47) Oregon(6) Pennsylvania(35) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(1)*

* Truman received only 11 out of Tennessee's 12 electoral votes

1952 vs. 1948

Results in 1952

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1952: Republican Party

1948 electoral vote Thomas Dewey	Loss due to reapportionment	1948 result under the 1952 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1952 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower
189	3	186	256		442
			Arizona(4) California(32) Colorado(6) Florida(10) Idaho(4) Illinois(27) Iowa(10) Massachusetts(16) Minnesota(11) Missouri(13) Montana(4) Nevada(3) New Mexico(4) Ohio(25) Oklahoma(8) Rhode Island(4) Tennessee(11) Texas(24) Utah(4) Virginia(12) Washington(9) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3)

1956 vs. 1952

Results in 1956

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1956: Republican Party

1952 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower	Gains	Losses	1956 electoral vote Dwight Eisenhower
442	28	13	457
	Kentucky(10) Louisiana(10) West Virginia(8)	Missouri(13)

1960 vs. 1956

Results in 1960

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1960: Democratic Party

1956 electoral vote Adlai Stevenson	Gains	Losses	1960 electoral vote John F. Kennedy
73	243	13	303
	Connecticut (8) Delaware(3) Hawaii(3) Illinois(27) Louisiana(10) Maryland(9) Massachusetts(16) Michigan(20) Minnesota(11) Nevada(3) New Jersey(16) New Mexico(4) New York(45) Pennsylvania(32) Rhode Island(4) Texas(24) West Virginia(8)	Alabama(5)* Mississippi(8)

* Kennedy received only 5 out of Alabama's 11 electoral votes

1964 vs. 1960

Results in 1964

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1964: Democratic Party

1960 electoral vote John F. Kennedy	Loss due to reapportionment	1960 result under the 1964 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1964 electoral vote Lyndon B. Johnson
303	9	294	227	35	486
			Alaska(3) California (40) Colorado (6) District of Columbia (3) Florida (14) Idaho (4) Indiana (13) Iowa (9) Kansas (7) Kentucky (9) Maine (4) Montana (4) Nebraska (5) New Hampshire (4) North Dakota (4) Ohio (26) Oklahoma (8) Oregon(6) South Dakota (4) Tennessee (11) Utah (4) Vermont (3) Virginia(12) Washington (9) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming (3)	Alabama (5)* Georgia (12) Louisiana(10) South Carolina (8)

* Kennedy received 5 electoral votes in 1960 of what would have been 10 electoral votes in 1964

1968 vs. 1964

Results in 1968

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1968: Republican Party

1964 electoral vote Barry Goldwater	Gains	Losses	1968 electoral vote Richard Nixon
52	288	39	301
	Alaska(3) California(40) Colorado(6) Delaware(3) Florida(14) Idaho(4) Illinois(26) Indiana(13) Iowa(9) Kansas(7) Kentucky(9) Missouri(12) Montana(4) Nebraska(5) Nevada(3) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(17) New Mexico(4) North Carolina(12)* North Dakota(4) Ohio(26) Oklahoma(8) Oregon(6) South Dakota(4) Tennessee(11) Utah(4) Vermont(3) Virginia(12) Wisconsin(12) Wyoming(3)	Alabama(10) Georgia(12) Louisiana(10) Mississippi(7)

* Faithless elector in 1968

1972 vs. 1968

Results in 1972

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1972: Republican Party

1968 electoral vote Richard Nixon	Gain due to reapportionment	1968 result under the 1972 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1972 electoral vote Richard Nixon
301	5	306	215	1	520
			Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) Connecticut(8) Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Louisiana(10) Maine(4) Maryland(10) Michigan(21) Minnesota(10) Mississippi(7) New York(41) North Carolina(1)* Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) Texas(26) Washington(9) West Virginia(6)	Virginia(1)^†

* Faithless elector in 1968

^† Faithless elector in 1972

1976 vs. 1972

Results in 1976

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1976: Democratic Party

1972 electoral vote George McGovern	Gains	Losses	1976 electoral vote Jimmy Carter
17	280		297
	Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) Delaware(3) Florida(17) Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Kentucky(9) Louisiana(10) Maryland(10) Minnesota(10) Mississippi(7) Missouri(12) New York(41) North Carolina(13) Ohio(25) Pennsylvania(27) Rhode Island(4) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(10) Texas(26) West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(11)

1980 vs. 1976

Results in 1980

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1980: Republican Party

1976 electoral vote Gerald Ford	Gains	Losses	1980 electoral vote Ronald Reagan
240	249		489
	Alabama(9) Arkansas(6) California(1)* Delaware(3) Florida(17) Kentucky(9) Louisiana(10) Massachusetts(14) Mississippi(7) Missouri(12) New York(41) North Carolina(13) Ohio(25) Pennsylvania(27) South Carolina(8) Tennessee(10) Texas(26) Wisconsin(11)

* Faithless elector in 1976

1984 vs. 1980

Results in 1984

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1984: Republican Party

1980 electoral vote Ronald Reagan	Gain due to reapportionment	1980 result under the 1984 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1984 electoral vote Ronald Reagan
489		489	36		525
			Georgia(12) Hawaii(4) Maryland(10) Rhode Island(4) West Virginia(6)

1988 vs. 1984

Results in 1988

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1988: Republican Party

1984 electoral vote Ronald Reagan	Gains	Losses	1988 electoral vote George H. W. Bush
525		99	426
		Hawaii(4) Iowa(8) Massachusetts(13) New York(36) Oregon(7) Rhode Island(4) Washington(10) West Virginia(6) Wisconsin(11)

1992 vs. 1988

Results in 1992

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1992: Democratic Party

1988 electoral vote Michael Dukakis	Loss due to reapportionment	1988 result under the 1992 apportionment	Gains	Losses	1992 electoral vote Bill Clinton
112	5	107	263		370
			Arkansas(6) California(54) Colorado(8) Connecticut(8) Delaware(3) Georgia(13) Illinois(22) Kentucky(8) Louisiana(9) Maine(4) Maryland(10) Michigan(18) Missouri(11) Montana(3) Nevada(4) New Hampshire(4) New Jersey(15) New Mexico(5) Ohio(21) Pennsylvania(23) Tennessee(11) Vermont(3)

1996 vs. 1992

Results in 1996

Electoral votes of the party that won in 1996: Democratic Party

1992 electoral vote Bill Clinton	Gains	Losses	1996 electoral vote Bill Clinton
370	33	24	379
	Arizona(8) Florida(25)	Colorado(8) Georgia(13) Montana(3)

2000 vs. 1996

Results in 2000

Electoral votes of the party that won in 2000: Republican Party

1996 electoral vote Bob Dole	Gains	Losses	2000 electoral vote George W. Bush
159	112		271
	Arizona(8) Arkansas(6) Florida(25) Kentucky(8) Louisiana(9) Missouri(11) Nevada(4) New Hampshire(4) Ohio(21) Tennessee(11) West Virginia(5)

2004 vs. 2000

Results in 2004

Electoral votes of the party that won in 2004: Republican Party

2000 electoral vote George W. Bush	Gain due to reapportionment	2000 result under the 2004 apportionment	Gains	Losses	2004 electoral vote George W. Bush
271	7	278	12	4	286
			Iowa(7) New Mexico(5)	New Hampshire(4)

2008 vs. 2004

Results in 2008

Cartogram of results in 2004, 2008 and the swing between the two. Each square represents one electoral vote.

Electoral votes of the party that won in 2008: Democratic Party

2004 electoral vote John Kerry	Gains	Losses	2008 electoral vote Barack Obama
252*	113		365
	Colorado(9) Florida(27) Indiana(11) Iowa(7) Nebraska(1)** Nevada(5) New Mexico(5) North Carolina(15) Ohio(20) Virginia(13)

* Includes the faithless elector in 2004 who originally pledged to vote for Kerry but instead voted for his vice presidential running mate John Edwards

** Obama received 1 out of Nebraska's 5 total electoral votes

2012 vs. 2008

Results in 2012

Electoral votes of the party that won in 2012: Democratic Party

2008 electoral vote Barack Obama	Gain due to reapportionment	2012 result under the 2008 apportionment	Gains	Losses	2012 electoral vote Barack Obama
365	6	359	None	27	332
				Indiana(11) Nebraska(1)* North Carolina(15)

* While Obama received 1 out of Nebraska's total electoral votes in 2008, he lost all of the state's votes in 2012

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