Highest Popular Votes by Year
(All years with total exceeding 100 million votes; numbers rounded off to nearest 1,000)
2016) 136,297,000
2008) 131,314,000
2012) 129,085,000
2004) 122,295,000
2000) 105,405,000
1992) 104,427,000
Popular Vote Totals by Candidates, Ranked
(Numbers rounded off to nearest 1,000)
69,499,000 ...(2008) Barack Obama
65,916,000 ...(2012) Barack Obama
65,747,000 ...(2016) Hillary Clinton
62,905,000 ...(2016) Donald Trump
62,041,000 ...(2004) George W Bush
60,934,000 ...(2012) Mitt Romney
59,948,000 ...(2008) John McCain
59,028,000 ...(2004) John Kerry
54,455,000 ...(1984) Ronald Reagan
51,000,000 ...(2000) Al Gore
50,456,000 ...(2000) George W Bush
48,886,000 ...(1988) George H W Bush
47,402,000 ...(1996) Bill Clinton
46,740,000 ...(1972) Richard Nixon
44,910,000 ...(1992) Bill Clinton
43,643,000 ...(1980) Ronald Reagan
42,825,000 ...(1964) Lyndon Johnson
41,809,000 ...(1988) Michael Dukakis
40,826,000 ...(1976) Jimmy Carter
39,199,000 ...(1996) Bob Dole
39,148,000 ...(1976) Gerald Ford
39,105,000 ...(1992) George H W Bush
37,577,000 ...(1984) Walter Mondale
35,590,000 ...(1956) Dwight Eisenhower
35,481,000 ...(1980) Jimmy Carter
