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Electoral College maps over the years

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270ToWin.com has an interactive electoral college map since 1789.

It’s amazing how the political map has changed over the years. 
Some highlights:

1800 Four candidates for President
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 73 electoral votes
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) 73 electoral votes
John Adams (Federalist) 65 electoral votes
Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 64 electoral votes

Since there was no majority, Thomas Jefferson was elected by the House of Representatives.

1860 Abraham Lincoln wins
Lincoln defeats three challengers, including Stephen A. Douglas who he lost to earlier in a race to be a Senator from Illinois.  Douglas comes in 4th, with only 12 electoral votes even though he came in a not too distant second in the popular vote. 

1876 Rutherford B. Hayes wins
Rutherford B. Hayes wins the electoral college by one vote even though he loses the popular vote by several hundred thousand.

1904 Theodore Roosevelt wins
Can’t get any more North vs. South than this one.  Theodore Roosevelt dominates the North.

1948 Truman defeats Dewey
I’m not sure how the newspaper thought otherwise, Truman wins easily 303 to Dewey’s 189.  Strom Thurmond came in 3rd with 39 electoral votes.

1984 Ronald Reagan wins
525 electoral votes to Walter Mondale’s 13.  Country is painted red.

1992 William J. Clinton wins
First time California goes blue since 1964

2000 George W. Bush wins
Bush wins 271 to 266 over Al Gore despite losing the popular vote by 450,000

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