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United States

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Largest Popular Vote Margins

This list features the largest popular vote victories in American political history based on the margin of public votes.

RANK

ELECTION YEAR

CANDIDATE

PARTY

POPULAR VOTE

MARGIN

1

1972

Richard Nixon

Republican

47,168,710

17,995,488

2

1984

Ronald Reagan

Republican

54,455,472

16,878,120

3

1964

Lyndon B. Johnson

Democrat

43,129,040

15,953,286

4

1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democrat

27,752,648

11,070,786

5

1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican

35,579,180

9,551,152

6

2008

Barack Obama

Democrat

69,498,516

9,550,193

7

1980

Ronald Reagan

Republican

43,903,230

8,422,115

8

1996

Bill Clinton

Democrat

47,401,185

8,203,716

9

1924

Calvin Coolidge

Republican

15,723,789

7,337,547

10

1988

George H. W. Bush

Republican

48,886,597

7,077,121

11

1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democrat

22,821,277

7,060,023

12

2020

Joe Biden

Democrat

81,283,501

7,059,526

13

1920

Warren G. Harding

Republican

16,144,093

7,004,432


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References

The American Presidency Project. (n.d.). Election of 2024. Available at: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2024 (Accessed: 17 April 2025). Wikipedia. (n.d.). List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin (Accessed: 17 April 2025). Wikipedia. (n.d.). United States presidential election. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election#Electoral_college_results (Accessed: 17 April 2025). Britannica. (n.d.). United States presidential election results. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Presidential-Election-Results-1788863 (Accessed: 17 April 2025). Virginia History. (n.d.). Getting the message out: Presidential campaign memorabilia collection. Available at: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/getting-message-out-presidential-campaign-memorabilia-collection-allen-frey/elections-1789-1828 (Accessed: 17 April 2025).
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