Number of Electoral Votes Per Popular Vote

(This does not include numbers for 3rd-Party Candidates)

For each set of 3 columns, column 3 = column 1 divided by column 2 (and then multiply by 10^6 to get a more user-friendly number).

Chronological Table

Number of Electoral Votes Per Popular Vote (Per State Per Presidential Election Year)
Election
Year		 1832[1] 2004 2008 2012 2016
# of Electoral Votes # of Popular Votes # of electoral votes
Per million popular vote		 # of Electoral Votes # of Popular Votes # of electoral votes
Per million popular vote		 # of Electoral Votes # of Popular Votes # of electoral votes
Per million popular vote		 # of Electoral Votes # of Popular Votes # of electoral votes
Per million popular vote		 # of Electoral Votes # of Popular Votes # of electoral votes
Per million popular vote
State           
Alabama 7 14,291 489.81877 9 1,870,327 4.81199 9 2,080,025 4.32687 9 2,051,621 4.38678 9 2,040,135 4.41147
Alaska 3 301,914 9.93660 3 317,435 9.45075 3 287,316 10.44147 3 223,422 13.42750
Arizona 10 1,997,818 5.00546 10 2,264,818 4.41537 11 2,258,886 4.86966 11 2,342,635 4.69557
Arkansas 6 1,042,851 5.75346 6 1,060,327 5.65863 6 1,042,153 5.75731 6 1,056,680 5.67816
California 55 12,255,311 4.48785 55 13,286,254 4.13962 55 12,694,243 4.33267 55 10,190,815 5.39702
Colorado 9 2,102,987 4.27963 9 2,362,262 3.80991 9 2,508,344 3.58802 9 2,515,916 3.57723
Connecticut 8 32,833 243.65730 7 1,551,314 4.51230 7 1,627,200 4.30187 7 1,539,975 4.54553 7 1,568,290 4.46346
Delaware 3 8,386 357.73909 3 371,812 8.06859 3 407,833 7.35595 3 408,068 7.35172 3 420,684 7.13124
Florida 27 7,548,066 3.57708 27 8,327,698 3.24219 29 8,401,203 3.45189 29 9,117,365 3.18074
Georgia 11 20,750 530.12048 15 3,280,403 4.57261 15 3,892,882 3.85319 16 3,852,515 4.15313 16 3,966,973 4.03330
Hawaii 4 425,899 9.39190 4 446,437 8.95983 4 427,673 9.35294 4 395,642 10.11015
Idaho 4 590,333 6.77584 4 639,452 6.25536 4 633,698 6.31216 4 596,876 6.70156
Illinois 5 21,481 232.76384 21 5,237,496 4.00955 21 5,450,527 3.85284 20 5,154,728 3.87993 20 5,095,677 3.92490
Indiana 9 47,023 191.39570 11 2,448,449 4.49264 11 2,719,687 4.04458 11 2,573,430 4.27445 11 2,588,173 4.25010
Iowa 7 1,493,855 4.68586 7 1,511,319 4.63172 6 1,553,161 3.86309 6 1,453,102 4.12910
Kansas 6 1,171,449 5.12186 6 1,214,420 4.94063 6 1,133,360 5.29399 6 1,070,797 5.60330
Kentucky 15 79,741 188.10900 8 1,782,172 4.48890 8 1,800,447 4.44334 8 1,766,560 4.52858 8 1,831,776 4.36735
Louisiana 5 6,337 789.01689 9 1,922,468 4.68148 9 1,931,264 4.66016 8 1,961,403 4.07871 8 1,957,539 4.08676
Maine 10 62,153 160.89328 4 727,043 5.50174 4 717,196 5.57728 4 693,582 5.76716 4 689,711 5.79953
Maryland 10 38,316 260.98758 10 2,359,196 4.23873 10 2,589,329 3.86200 10 2,649,713 3.77399 10 2,371,597 4.21657
Massachusetts 14 60,588 231.06886 12 2,874,909 4.17405 12 3,012,951 3.98281 11 3,109,604 3.53743 11 3,047,837 3.60912
Michigan 17 4,792,929 3.54689 17 4,921,218 3.45443 16 4,679,825 3.41893 16 4,542,721 3.52212
Minnesota 10 2,791,709 3.58204 10 2,848,763 3.51030 10 2,866,392 3.48871 10 2,690,350 3.71699
Mississippi 4 5,750 695.65217 6 1,143,075 5.24900 6 1,279,259 4.69022 6 1,273,695 4.71070 6 1,140,401 5.26131
Missouri 4 5,192 770.41602 11 2,714,884 4.05174 11 2,887,725 3.80923 10 2,706,236 3.69517 10 2,640,642 3.78696
Montana 3 439,773 6.82170 3 474,430 6.32338 3 469,767 6.38614 3 448,641 6.68686
Nebraska 5 767,142 6.51770 5 786,298 6.35891 5 777,145 6.43381 5 759,677 6.58174
Nevada 5 815,880 6.12835 5 946,563 5.28227 6 994,940 6.03051 6 1,049,072 5.71934
New Hampshire 7 43,793 159.84290 4 671,748 5.95461 4 701,360 5.70321 4 699.479 5.71854 4 694,307 5.76114
New Jersey 8 47,760 167.50419 15 3,581,433 4.18827 15 3,828,629 3.91785 14 3,602,669 3.88601 14 3,477,132 4.02631
New Mexico 5 747,872 6.68564 5 819,254 6.10311 5 751,123 6.65670 5 704,880 7.09341
New York 42 323,393 129.87294 31 7,276,847 4.26009 31 7,557,716 4.10177 29 6,976,172 4.15701 29 6,789,494 4.27131
North Carolina 15 29,799 503.37260 15 3,487,015 4.30167 15 4,271,125 3.51196 15 4,448,786 3.37171 15 4,529,651 3.31151
North Dakota 3 307,703 9.74966 3 309,879 9.68120 3 312,990 9.58497 3 310,552 9.66022
Ohio 21 158,294 132.66454 20 5,600,935 3.57083 20 5,617,864 3.56007 18 5,489,143 3.27920 18 5,088,985 3.53705
Oklahoma 7 1,463,758 4.78221 7 1,462,661 4.78580 7 1,334,872 5.24395 7 1,367,722 5.11800
Oregon 7 1,809,994 3.86742 7 1,775,766 3.94196 7 1,724,663 4.05876 7 1,763,061 3.97037
Pennsylvania 30 158,638 189.10980 21 5,731,942 3.66368 21 5,932,248 3.53997 20 5,670,708 3.52690 20 5,745,002 3.48129
Rhode Island 4 4,936 810.37277 4 428,811 9.32812 4 461,962 8.65872 4 436,881 9.15581 4 432,780 9.24257
South Carolina [2] 8 1,599,673 5.00102 8 1,897,345 4.21642 9 1,937,586 4.64496 9 1,993,080 4.51562
South Dakota 3 381,828 7.85694 3 373,978 8.02186 3 355,649 8.43528 3 345,143 8.69205
Tennessee 15 29,425 509.77060 11 2,420,852 4.54385 11 2,566,615 4.28580 11 2,423,039 4.53975 11 2,384,512 4.61310
Texas 34 7,359,621 4.61980 34 8,004,961 4.24737 38 7,877,967 4.82358 38 8,551,643 4.44359
Utah 5 904,941 5.52522 5 923,700 5.41301 6 992,413 6.04587 6 670,012 8.95506
Vermont 7 32,128 217.87849 3 305,247 9.82811 3 318,236 9.42697 3 291,937 10.27619 3 273,942 10.95122
Virginia 23 45,682 503.48058 13 3,171,701 4.09875 13 3,684,537 3.52826 13 3,794,342 3.42615 13 3,750,916 3.46582
Washington 11 2,815,095 3.90751 11 2,980,064 3.69120 12 3,046,066 3.93951 12 2,939,891 4.08178
Washington, D.C. 3 224,226 13.37936 3 263,167 11.39961 3 288,451 10.40038 3 271,776 11.03850
West Virginia 5 750,319 6.66383 5 701,323 7.12938 5 655,924 7.62283 5 673,655 7.42220
Wisconsin 10 2,967,624 3.36970 10 2,939,604 3.40182 10 3,028,651 3.30147 10 2,791,175 3.58272
Wyoming 3 238,405 12.58363 3 247,826 12.10527 3 240,248 12.48710 3 230,392 13.02129
TOTALS 277 1,276,689 216.9675 538 121,069,054 4.44374 538 129,443,839 4.15624 538 126,150,215 4.24126 538 123,592,849 4.35300

Graphs

Graphing the numbers in the above table, we obtain the following graphs for each year:

Line graph of the number of electoral votes per million popular votes, 1832 US Presidential Election
Line graph of the number of electoral votes per million popular votes, 2004 US Presidential Election
Line graph of the number of electoral votes per million popular votes, 2008 US Presidential Election
Line graph of the number of electoral votes per million popular votes, 2012 US Presidential Election
Line graph of the number of electoral votes per million popular votes, 2016 US Presidential Election

References

  1. ↑ 1832 is the first year where there was no more than 1 state without a popular vote
  2. ↑ South Carolina had no popular vote in 1832, so their 11 electoral votes are not included in this calculation
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