5.1 National Political Party Platforms (original) (raw)
RELATED PAGE: Party Platforms (allowing quick search by year)
Of Parties Receiving Electoral Votes and Others of Significance: 1840 - 2020
| Year | Party (link to document) | Download | Nominee | Electoral Votes | # Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Democratic | Joseph Biden | 306 | 42,092 | |
| Republican (see 2016)** | Donald Trump | 232 | n/a | ||
| 2016 | Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 227 | 26,058 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump | 304 | 35,467 | ||
| 2012 | Democratic | Barack Obama | 332 | 26,558 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | 206 | 30,563 | ||
| 2008 | Democratic | Barack Obama | 365 | 25,997 | |
| Republican | John McCain | 173 | 23,585 | ||
| 2004 | Democratic | John F. Kerry | 251 | 17,751 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 286 | 41,156 | ||
| 2000 | Democratic | Albert Gore, Jr. | 266 | 24,220 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 271 | 34,555 | ||
| 1996 | Democratic | William J. Clinton | 379 | 18,107 | |
| Republican | Robert Dole | 159 | 27,817 | ||
| 1992 | Democratic | William J. Clinton | 370 | 8,555 | |
| Republican | George Bush | 168 | 28,531 | ||
| 1988 | Democratic | Michael Dukakis | 111 | 4,838 | |
| Republican | George Bush | 426 | 35,838 | ||
| 1984 | Democratic | Walter F. Mondale | 13 | 37,231 | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 525 | 27,383 | ||
| 1980 | Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 49 | 38,180 | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 489 | 34,558 | ||
| 1976 | Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 297 | 21,202 | |
| Republican | Gerald R. Ford | 240 | 20,463 | ||
| 1972 | Democratic | George McGovern | 17 | 25,615 | |
| Libertarian | John Hospers | 1 | 2,542 | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 520 | 24,407 | ||
| 1968 | American Independent | George Wallace | 45 | 12,818 | |
| Democratic | Hubert H. Humphrey | 191 | 16,791 | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 301 | 10,013 | ||
| 1964 | Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson | 486 | 20,126 | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 52 | 8,740 | ||
| 1960 | Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 303 | 16,098 | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 219 | 10,680 | ||
| 1956 | Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 73 | 12,839 | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 457 | 11,390 | ||
| 1952 | Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 89 | 8,878 | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 442 | 5,988 | ||
| 1948 | Democratic | Harry S. Truman | 303 | 4,256 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 189 | 2,739 | ||
| States' Rights | Strom Thurmond | 39 | 495 | ||
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 0 | 7,495 | ||
| 1944 | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 432 | 1,366 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 99 | 4,216 | ||
| 1940 | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 449 | 4,667 | |
| Republican | Wendell L. Willkie | 82 | 3,284 | ||
| 1936 | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 523 | 2,310 | |
| Republican | Alfred M. Landon | 8 | 3,030 | ||
| 1932 | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 472 | 1,489 | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover | 59 | 7,832 | ||
| 1928 | Democratic | Alfred E. Smith | 87 | 5,613 | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover | 444 | 7,401 | ||
| 1924 | Democratic | John W. Davis | 136 | 5,819 | |
| Progressive | Robert LaFollette | 13 | 2,004 | ||
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge | 382 | 5,227 | ||
| 1920 | Democratic | James M. Cox | 127 | 7,118 | |
| Republican | Warren G. Harding | 404 | 6,391 | ||
| 1916 | Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 277 | 4,570 | |
| Republican | Charles E. Hughes | 254 | 2,377 | ||
| 1912 | Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 435 | 4,696 | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 88 | 4,693 | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 8 | 3,393 | ||
| 1908 | Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 162 | 4,555 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 321 | 4,092 | ||
| 1904 | Democratic | Alton B. Parker | 140 | 3,058 | |
| Republican | Theodore Roosevelt | 336 | 2,254 | ||
| 1900 | Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 155 | 2,580 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 292 | 2,299 | ||
| 1896 | Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 176 | 1,929 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 271 | 1,933 | ||
| 1892 | Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 277 | 2,510 | |
| Populist | James B. Weaver | 22 | 1,488 | ||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 145 | 1,342 | ||
| 1888 | Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 168 | 1,379 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 233 | 2,391 | ||
| 1884 | Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 219 | 2,695 | |
| Republican | James G. Blane | 182 | 1,538 | ||
| 1880 | Democratic | Winfield S. Hancock | 155 | 692 | |
| Republican | James A. Garfield | 214 | 1,471 | ||
| 1876 | Democratic | Samuel Tilden | 184 | 1,867 | |
| Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes | 185 | 1,363 | ||
| 1872 | Democratic | Horace Greeley | 66* | 633 | |
| Liberal Republican | 624 | ||||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant | 286 | 1,270 | ||
| 1868 | Democratic | Horatio Seymour | 80 | 1,422 | |
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant | 214 | 924 | ||
| 1864 | Democratic | George McClellan | 21 | 506 | |
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln | 212 | 895 | ||
| 1860 | Constitutional Union | John Bell | 39 | 211 | |
| Democratic | Stephen Douglas | 12 | 372 | ||
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln | 180 | 1,194 | ||
| Southern Democratic | John Breckenridge | 72 | 363 | ||
| 1856 | American ("Know Nothing") | Millard Fillmore | 8 | 698 | |
| Democratic | James Buchanan | 174 | 2,433 | ||
| Republican | John C. Fremont | 114 | 952 | ||
| Whig | Millard Fillmore | 8 | 566 | ||
| 1852 | Democratic | Franklin Pierce | 254 | 1,367 | |
| Whig | Winfield Scott | 42 | 650 | ||
| 1848 | Democratic | Lewis Cass | 127 | 1,865 | |
| Whig | Zachary Taylor | 163 | 784 | ||
| Free Soil | Martin Van Buren | 0 | 1,183 | ||
| 1844 | Democratic | James K. Polk | 170 | 938 | |
| Whig | Henry Clay | 105 | 357 | ||
| 1840 | Democratic | Martin Van Buren | 60 | 536 | |
| * Horace Greeley died on November 29, 1872, between the date the popular votes were cast and the electoral votes were cast. 63 of his electoral votes were cast for other Democrats, while 3 were cast posthumously for Greeley.** On June 10, 2020, the executive committee of the Republican National Committee chose not to adopt a new platform in 2020 and left the 2016 platform in place for the 2020 election. (link) On August 24, 2020, the Republican National Committee issued a resolution regarding this decision. Word counts include the preamble (if any). Excluded is the table of contents, list of committee members, and any dedication material before the preamble. Dedication material included within, or after the preamble, is included. Microsoft Word was used to compute word counts. Citation: Gerhard Peters. "Political Party Platforms of Parties Receiving Electoral Votes." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2020. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/324129 Media That Have Cited These Data:• The Washington Post—"What Republicans and Democrats Have Disagreed On, from 1856 to Today" by Ted Mellnik, Chris Alcantara and Kevin Uhrmacher. July 15, 2016 |
