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Highest percentages:
- 98.49% - 1936 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 98.30% - 1820 - James Monroe
- 97.78% - 1792 - George Washington
- 97.58% - 1984 - Ronald Reagan
- 96.65% - 1972 - Richard Nixon
(George Washington received votes from 100% of the electors who voted in 1789 and 1792, but in each of the two elections, some of the appointed electors did not vote.)
Highest total number of votes:
- 525 - 1984 - Ronald Reagan
- 523 - 1936 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 520 - 1972 - Richard Nixon
- 489 - 1980 - Ronald Reagan
- 486 - 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Which president got the most votes?
In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1936 election Franklin D. Roosevelt received 523 (98.49%) of the 531 electoral votes. In the 1972 election Richard Nixon received 520 (96.65%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1820 election James Monroe was unopposed and received 231 (99.57%) of the 232 electoral votes. George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792.
What president got the most number of votes but was not president?
Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 even though he received the largest number of popular votes and electoral votes. In the 1824 presidential election an individual needed to receive at least 131 electoral votes out of the 261 total electoral votes. Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, William Crawford received 41 electoral votes, and Henry Clay received 37 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Andrew Jackson 151,271 (42.9%), John Quincy Adams 113,122 (32.1%), Henry Clay 47,531 (13.5%), and William Crawford 40,856 (11.6%). Since no candidate received the required majority of 131 electoral votes, the president was elected by the U.S. House of Representatives in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams won the election in the U.S. House of Representatives. Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election defeating John Quincy Adams.
Does your vote count?
Technically yes. The president gets elected based on the Electoral vote, not the popular vote. So even if a candidate wins the popular vote, they can still lose the Electoral vote. but that almost never happens. the electoral college was put in place by the founding fathers because they didnt want the average person(uneducated hill folk) deciding who the president would be. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes It does. When you vote the state sees the votes and th e person who got the most votes by us, Gets all the Electoral Votes for that state.
Who won the 1824 presidential election?
John Quincy Adams eventually won the 1824 election, but Jackson won the popular vote. The election was actually decided in 1825 by the House of Representatives because nobody got a majority of the electoral votes.The 1824 election was the first time in US history that no candidate won the majority of the electoral vote. Therefore in Feb of 1825 the legislature voted and John Quincy Adams was elected President.
How many votes did Lincoln get to win the election of 1860?
Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. In the 1864 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 212 electoral votes and George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.
Who got the most electoral votes for Idaho in 2000?
George W. Bush received all four Idaho electoral votes.
How are votes counted in Washington state to decide which candidate gets the electoral votes?
By majority, if the candidate has most of Iowa's electoral votes lets say 21-20 then that candidate that had 21 got all the 41 electoral votes for that state.
How many votes did Douglas and bell get in the election of 1860?
Bell got 39 electoral votes and 590,901 popular votes. Douglas got 12 electoral votes and 1,004,823 popular votes.
What president received 520 electoral votes?
Three presidents have received at least 520 electoral votes in the following elections: 1936 when FDR got 523, 1972 with Nixon receiving 520 and 1984 with Ronald Reagan getting 525. On a side note, in all cases the Presidents were first term incumbents.
How many electoral votes did Mitt Romney get from Oklahoma?
Mitt Romney got 66.8% of the electoral votes in Oklahoma.
Who won the most electoral votes out of Obama and mccain?
Obama won. He got 364 votes. McCain won like 134.
Who got more votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, but nobody had more than half of all electoral votes as required. When that happens, the House of Representatives elects the President. They chose John Quincy Adams.
Which candidate got electoral votes from Texas?
Texas cast its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
Which major party candidate got the fewest electoral votes?
Walter Mondale (Democrat) won only 13 electoral votes in 1984.
How many electoral votes did they have?
Kennedy got 303 Nixon got 219
Who got Alaska's votes Obama or McCain?
McCain won Alaska's 3 electoral votes.
Which democratic US President won the most electoral votes?
Lyndon Johnson won 486 in 1964 which was the highest total ever for a Democrat. (Republican , Ronald Reagan, got 525 in 1984, despite the fact that 3 "automatic" votes from DC were added to the Democratic total.)
