In the U.S. presidential election system, instead of the nationwide popular vote determining the outcome of the election, the president of the United States is determined by votes cast by electors of the Electoral College. Alternatively, if no candidate receives an absolute majority of electoral votes, the election is determined by the House of Representatives. These procedures are governed by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Here are the top 20 US presidents with the most electoral college votes.
Rank | Election | Winner | Electoral votes | Percentage |
1. | 1788-89 | George Washington | 69/69 | 100.00% |
2. | 1792 | George Washington | 132/132 | 100.00% |
3. | 1820 | James Monroe | 231/232 | 99.57% |
4. | 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 523/531 | 98.49% |
5. | 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 525/538 | 97.58% |
6. | 1972 | Richard Nixon | 520/538 | 96.65% |
7. | 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | 162/176 | 92.05% |
8. | 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | 212/233 | 90.99% |
9. | 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 489/538 | 90.89% |
10. | 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 486/538 | 90.33% |
11. | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 472/531 | 88.89% |
12. | 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 457/531 | 86.06% |
13. | 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 254/296 | 85.81% |
14. | 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 449/531 | 84.56% |
15. | 1816 | James Monroe | 183/217 | 84.33% |
16. | 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 444/531 | 83.62% |
17. | 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 442/531 | 83.24% |
18. | 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 286/352 | 81.95% |
19. | 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 435/531 | 81.92% |
20. | 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 432/531 | 81.36% |
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Where’s Biden
Biden won the popular vote by 80 million to Trump’s 73 million in 2020. He also won the Electoral College at 306 which Trump claimed in 2016 was a landslide and the best of any president. Trump always lies about his victories or losses. He cannot be gracious and concede let alone honor the peaceful transfer of power. He has relentlessly promoted the BIG LIE that he won. In doing so he undermines our electoral system. He is a danger to our democracy.
Trump doesn’t care. Sadly, his fragile ego won’t let him accept defeat.
I have found that there at least 4 presidents who have received more electoral college votes than Trump. The votes were as high as 538. Trump makes up his own “facts”.