Mapping The History Of American Elections

The kickoff American presidential election was held betwixt Dec 15th 1788 together with Jan tenth 1789. The winner was the non-partisan George Washington. Time's How America Voted inward Every Election Since 1824 doesn't quite larn dorsum that far inward history only it does demo the electoral college history for every U.S.A. of America election since John Quincy Adams was elected president inward 1824.

The 1824 election was the kickoff fourth dimension that a candidate won the presidency without receiving a plurality of the vote. One eventual number of this was that Andrew Jackson (who won the pop vote) eventually led a faction which separate from the Democratic-Republican political party to cast the Democratic Party.

The Time animated map showing how America has voted inward every election since 1824 colors each patch inward each election past times the political party of the candidate who won the near votes. You tin dismiss hover over a patch on the map to come across which candidate won inward the chosen twelvemonth together with how many electoral college votes that they won.