POLITICS
United States
Largest Electoral Vote Margins
This list features the largest landslide victories in American political history based on the percentage of electoral votes.
RANK | ELECTION YEAR | CANDIDATE | PARTY | TOTAL SEATS | WINNING SEATS | MARGIN |
1 | 1792 | George Washington | Independent | 132 | 132 | 100% |
2 | 1788–1789 | George Washington | Independent | 69 | 69 | 100% |
3 | 1820 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 232 | 231 | 99.57% |
4 | 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 531 | 523 | 98.49% |
5 | 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 538 | 525 | 97.58% |
6 | 1972 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 538 | 520 | 96.65% |
7 | 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 176 | 162 | 92.05% |
8 | 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | National Union | 233 | 212 | 90.99% |
9 | 1980 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 538 | 489 | 90.89% |
10 | 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 538 | 486 | 90.33% |
11 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 531 | 472 | 88.89% |
12 | 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 531 | 457 | 86.06% |
13 | 1852 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 296 | 254 | 85.81% |
14 | 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 531 | 449 | 84.56% |
15 | 1816 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 217 | 183 | 84.33% |
16 | 1928 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 531 | 444 | |
17 | 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 531 | 442 | 83.24% |
18 | 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 352 | 286 | 81.95% |
19 | 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 531 | 435 | 81.92% |
20 | 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 531 | 432 | 81.36% |
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