See the amount of votes each political party won in each election since 1789.
Several early elections have more than 1 canidate in the same party running in the general election.
Source: 270towin
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Whig | Federalist | Democratic-Republican | Third Party/Other | National Republican |
| 1789 | | | | 103 | | 35 | |
| 1792 | | | | 209 | | 55 | |
| 1796 | | | | 130 | 98 | 48 | |
| 1800 | | | | 129 | 146 | 0 | |
| 1804 | | | | 14 | 162 | 0 | |
| 1808 | | | | 47 | 128 | 1 | |
| 1812 | | | | 89 | 128 | 1 | |
| 1816 | | | | 34 | 183 | 4 | |
| 1820 | | | | | 232 | 3 | |
| 1824 | | | | | 261 | 0 | |
| 1828 | 178 | | | | | 0 | 83 |
| 1832 | 219 | | | | | 20 | 49 |
| 1836 | 170 | | 113 | | | 11 | |
| 1840 | 60 | | 234 | | | 0 | |
| 1844 | 170 | | 105 | | | 0 | |
| 1848 | 127 | | 163 | | | 0 | |
| 1852 | 254 | | 42 | | | 0 | |
| 1856 | 174 | 114 | | | | 8 | |
| 1860 | 84 | 180 | | | | 39 | |
| 1864 | 21 | 212 | | | | 1 | |
| 1868 | 80 | 214 | | | | 0 | |
| 1872 | 63 | 286 | | | | 3 | |
| 1876 | 184 | 185 | | | | 0 | |
| 1880 | 155 | 214 | | | | 0 | |
| 1884 | 219 | 182 | | | | 0 | |
| 1888 | 168 | 233 | | | | 0 | |
| 1892 | 277 | 145 | | | | 22 | |
| 1896 | 176 | 271 | | | | 0 | |
| 1900 | 155 | 292 | | | | 0 | |
| 1904 | 140 | 336 | | | | 0 | |
| 1908 | 162 | 321 | | | | 0 | |
| 1912 | 435 | 8 | | | | 88 | |
| 1916 | 277 | 254 | | | | 0 | |
| 1920 | 127 | 404 | | | | 0 | |
| 1924 | 136 | 382 | | | | 13 | |
| 1928 | 87 | 444 | | | | 0 | |
| 1932 | 472 | 59 | | | | 0 | |
| 1936 | 523 | 8 | | | | 0 | |
| 1940 | 449 | 82 | | | | 0 | |
| 1944 | 432 | 99 | | | | 0 | |
| 1948 | 303 | 189 | | | | 39 | |
| 1952 | 89 | 442 | | | | 0 | |
| 1956 | 73 | 457 | | | | 1 | |
| 1960 | 303 | 219 | | | | 15 | |
| 1964 | 486 | 52 | | | | 0 | |
| 1968 | 191 | 301 | | | | 46 | |
| 1972 | 17 | 520 | | | | 1 | |
| 1976 | 297 | 240 | | | | 1 | |
| 1980 | 49 | 489 | | | | 0 | |
| 1984 | 13 | 525 | | | | 0 | |
| 1988 | 111 | 426 | | | | 1 | |
| 1992 | 370 | 168 | | | | 0 | |
| 1996 | 379 | 159 | | | | 0 | |
| 2000 | 266 | 271 | | | | 1 | |
| 2004 | 251 | 286 | | | | 0 | |
| 2008 | 365 | 173 | | | | 0 | |
| 2012 | 332 | 206 | | | | 0 | |
| 2016 | 227 | 304 | | | | 7 | |
| 2020 | 306 | 232 | | | | 0 | |
| 2024 | 226 | 312 | | | | 0 | |
