Winning margins, percentage points
Popular vote
Electoral vote
0
10
20
30
40
-0.5
Republicans Bush and Trump lost the popular vote but won the presidency in 2000 and 2016
Bush 2000
Gore
2.5
Bush 2004
Kerry
7.3
Obama 2008
McCain
3.9
Obama 2012
Romney
-2.1
Democrats win greater margins in the electoral college, but have never won without the popular vote
Trump 2016
Clinton
4.5
Biden 2020
Trump
Winning margins, percentage points
Popular vote
Electoral vote
0
10
20
30
40
-0.5
Republicans Bush and Trump lost the popular vote but won the presidency in 2000 and 2016
Bush 2000
Gore
2.5
Bush 2004
Kerry
7.3
Obama 2008
McCain
3.9
Obama 2012
Romney
-2.1
Democrats win greater margins in the electoral college, but have never won without the popular vote
Trump 2016
Clinton
4.5
Biden 2020
Trump
Winning margins, percentage points
Popular vote
Electoral vote
40
Republicans Bush and Trump lost the popular vote but won the presidency in 2000 and 2016
Democrats win greater margins in the electoral college, but have never won without the popular vote
30
20
10
7.3
4.5
3.9
2.5
-0.5
-2.1
0
Bush
2000
Gore
Bush
2004
Kerry
Obama
2008
McCain
Obama
2012
Romney
Trump
2016
Clinton
Biden
2020
Trump
Winning margins, percentage points
Popular vote
Electoral vote
40
Republicans Bush and Trump lost the popular vote but won the presidency in 2000 and 2016
Democrats win greater margins in the electoral college, but have never won without the popular vote
30
20
10
7.3
4.5
3.9
2.5
-0.5
-2.1
0
Bush 2000
Gore
Bush 2004
Kerry
Obama 2008
McCain
Obama 2012
Romney
Trump 2016
Clinton
Biden 2020
Trump