Politics/Election Results

Presidential Results

Sources:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_voting
https://time.com/4539862/early-voting-history-first-states/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote
Louisiana first established “in-person absentee voting” in 1921, which is the precursor to early voting, however early voting did not account for a calculable percentage until 1992.

Year	U.S. Population (millions)	Total Votes (millions)	Participation	Early Vote %	Democrat Votes (millions)	Δ Election (D%)	Republican Votes (millions)	Δ Election (R%)	Democrat Electoral Votes	Republican Electoral Votes	Winner
2024	340.5	146.1	42.85%	60.2%	71.3	-12.3%	74.8	+0.5%	226	312	Donald Trump (R)
2020	331.5	155.5	46.91%	64.04%	81.3	+23.56%	74.2	+17.78%	306	232	Joe Biden (D)
2016	326.9	128.8	39.47%	36.6%	65.8	-0.15%	63.0	+3.45%	232	306	Donald Trump (R)
2012	313.3	126.8	40.5%	31.6%	65.9	-5.18%	60.9	+1.67%	332	206	Barack Obama (D)
2008	304.2	129.4	42.5%	30.6%	69.5	+17.8%	59.9	-3.39%	365	173	Barack Obama (D)
2004	295.1	121	40.97%	22%	59.0	+15.91%	62.0	+22.77%	251	286	George W. Bush (R)
2000	281.4	101.4	36.05%	16%	50.9	+7.38%	50.5	+28.83%	266	271	George W. Bush (R)
1996	268.3	86.6	32.3%	n/a	47.4	+5.57%	39.2	-0.26%	379	159	Bill Clinton (D)
1992	255.3	84	32.89%	7%	44.9	+7.42%	39.1	-20.04%	370	168	Bill Clinton (D)
1988	244.2	90.7	37.2%	n/a	41.8	+11.17%	48.9	-10.28%	111	426	George H. W. Bush (R)
1984	235.4	92.1	39.15%	n/a	37.6	+5.92%	54.5	+24.15%	13	525	Ronald Reagan (R)
1980	226.5	79.4	35.06%	n/a	35.5	-12.99%	43.9	+12.28%	49	489	Ronald Reagan (R)
1976	216.1	79.9	37.0%	n/a	40.8	+40.21%	39.1	-17.16%	297	240	Jimmy Carter (D)
1972	210.8	76.3	36.2%	n/a	29.1	-7.03%	47.2	+48.9%	17	520	Richard Nixon (R)
1968	194.3	63	32.46%	n/a	31.3	-27.38%	31.7	+16.54%	191	301	Richard Nixon (R)
1964	187.3	70.3	37.54%	n/a	43.1	+26.02%	27.2	-20.23%	486	52	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1960	179.3	68.3	38.14%	n/a	34.2	+31.54%	34.1	-4.21%	303	219	John F. Kennedy (D)
1956	168.3	61.6	36.6%	n/a	26.0	-4.76%	35.6	+5.64%	73	457	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1952	163.8	61	37.27%	n/a	27.3	+13.28%	33.7	+53.88%	89	442	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1948	145.0	46	31.72%	n/a	24.1	-5.86%	21.9	-0.45%	303	189	Harry S. Truman (D)
1944	139.0	47.6	34.2%	n/a	25.6	-5.88%	22.0	-1.35%	432	99	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940	132.1	49.5	37.47%	n/a	27.2	-2.16%	22.3	+33.53%	449	82	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936	128.1	44.5	34.7%	n/a	27.8	+21.93%	16.7	+5.7%	523	8	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1932	125.2	38.6	30.84%	n/a	22.8	+52.0%	15.8	-26.17%	472	59	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1928	120.4	36.4	30.3%	n/a	15.0	+78.57%	21.4	+36.31%	87	444	Herbert Hoover (R)
1924	111.5	24.1	21.61%	n/a	8.4	-7.69%	15.7	-3.09%	136	382	Calvin Coolidge (R)
1920	106.0	25.3	23.87%	n/a	9.1	0.00%	16.2	+90.59%	127	404	Warren G. Harding (R)
1916	99.3	17.6	17.73%	n/a	9.1	+44.44%	8.5	+142.86%	277	254	Woodrow Wilson (D)
1912	95.9	9.8	10.22%	n/a	6.3	-1.56%	3.5	-54.55%	435	8	Woodrow Wilson (D)
1908	90.0	14.1	15.67%	n/a	6.4	+25.49%	7.7	+1.32%	321	162	William H. Taft (R)
1904	84.0	12.7	15.12%	n/a	5.1	-20.31%	7.6	+5.56%	336	140	Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1900	76.2	13.6	17.83%	n/a	6.4	N/A	7.2	N/A	292	155	William McKinley (R)