2012 election

Barack Obama (Democrat)

51% 332 EV 

Mitt Romney (Republican)

47% 206 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

President Barack Obama ran unopposed


Republican Party:

Mitt Romney (orange)  52%  37/50
Rick Santorum (green) 20%  11/50
Newt Gingrich (purple)  14%  2/50

2008 election

Barack Obama (Democrat)

53% 365 EV

John McCain (Republican)

46% 173 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

Barack Obama (purple)  47%  27/50
Hillary Clinton (gold)  47%  23/50

Republican Party: 

John McCain (green)  46%  31/50
Mitt Romney (yellow)  22%  11/50
Mike Huckabee (blue)  21%  8/50

2004 election

George W. Bush (R)

51% 286 EV

John Kerry (Democrat)

48% 251 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party: 

John Kerry (blue)  61%  46/50
John Edwards (yellow)  19%  2/50
Howard Dean (green)  6%  1/50
Wesley Clark (orange)  3%  1/50

Republican Party:

President George W. Bush ran unopposed

2000 election

George W. Bush (Republican)

48% 271 EV

Al Gore (Democrat)

48% 266 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

Al Gore  76%  50/50
Bill Bradley  20%  0/50


Republican Party:

George W. Bush (red)  62%  43/50
John McCain (yellow)  31%  7/50

1996 election

Bill Clinton (Democrat)

49% 379 EV

Bob Dole (R)

41% 159 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

President Bill Clinton ran unopposed


Republican Party:

Bob Dole  59%  44/50
Pat Buchanan  21%  4/50
Steve Forbes  11%  2/50

1992 election

Bill Clinton (Democrat)

43% 370 EV

George Bush (Republican)

37% 168 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

Bill Clinton (blue)  52%  39/50
Jerry Brown (yellow)  20%  3/50
Paul Tsongas (green)  18%  6/50
Bob Kerrey (orange)  2%  1/50
Tom Harkin (purple)  1%  1/50

Republican Party:

George Bush  73%  50/50
Pat Buchanan  23%  0/50

1988 election

George Bush (Republican)

53% 426 EV

Michael Dukakis (Democrat)

46% 111 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party:

Michael Dukakis  43%  30/50
Jesse Jackson  29%  9/50
Al Gore  14%  7/50
Dick Gephardt  6%  3/50
Paul Simon  5%  1/50

Republican Party:

George Bush  68%  41/50
Bob Dole  19%  5/50
Pat Robertson  9% 4/50

1984 election

Ronald Reagan (Republican)

59% 525 EV

Walter Mondale (Democrat)

41% 13 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party: 

Walter Mondale  38%  22/50
Gary Hart  36%  26/50
Jesse Jackson  18%  2/50

Republican Party:

President Ronald Reagan ran unopposed

1980 election

Ronald Reagan (Republican)

51% 489 EV

Jimmy Carter (Democrat)

41% 49 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:


Democratic Party: 

Jimmy Carter  51%  37/50
Teddy Kennedy  38%  12/50
Jerry Brown  3%  1/50

Republican Party:

Ronald Reagan  60%  44/50
George Bush  24%  6/50

1976 election

Jimmy Carter (Democrat)

50% 297 EV

Gerald Ford (Republican)

48% 240 EV

NOMINATING PROCESS:

Democratic Party: 

Jimmy Carter  40%  27/50
Jerry Brown  14%  5/50
George Wallace 13% 3/50
Mo Udall  9% 3/50
Henry Jackson  6% 4/50
Frank Church  5% 5/50

Republican Party:

Gerald Ford  53%  27/50
Ronald Reagan  47%  23/50

1972 election

Richard Nixon (Republican)*

61% 520 EV

George McGovern (Democrat)

37% 17 EV

* Nixon resigned in 1974. VP Gerald Ford served the remainder of Nixon's term and ran on his own in 1976.

1968 election

Richard Nixon (Republican)

43% 301 EV

Hubert Humphrey (Democrat)

43% 191 EV