Landslide? Mandate?

            Electoral

                votes   Popular vote margin

                -----   -------------------

2024  Trump       312    2.5 million   1.6%

2020  Biden       306    7.1 million   4.5%

2016  Trump       304   -2.9 million  -2.1%

2012  Obama       332    5.0 million   3.9%

2008  Obama       365    9.6 million   7.2%

2004  G.W.Bush    286    3.0 million   2.4%

2000  G.W.Bush    261   -0.5 million  -0.5%

1996* Clinton     379    8.2 million   8.5%

1992+ Clinton     370    5.8 million   5.6%

1988  G.H.W.Bush  426    7.1 million   7.8%

1984  Reagan      525   16.9 million  18.2%

*Ross Perot got 8.1 million votes (8.4%)

+Ross Perot got 19.7 million votes (18.9%)

Margins could change slightly as count proceeds. The latest is here.

 

Trump did not win a majority of the popular vote in 2024, despite there being no significant third party candidates. As of this writing, he won 49.86% of all votes cast. Although Trump won 6 more electoral votes (the number for Kansas or Utah, for example) in 2024 than Biden did in 2020, Biden won 51.3% of all votes cast.

 

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