Statistics for Failed U.S. Presidential Candidates

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  • The average score is 40 of 80

Answer Stats

YearElected CandidatePartyAnswer% Correct
1812James MadisonFederalistDewitt Clinton
97%
2016Donald TrumpDemocraticHillary Clinton
97%
Democratic-RepublicanGeorge Clinton
93%
Democratic-RepublicanGeorge Clinton
93%
2000George W. BushDemocraticAl Gore
92%
1960John Fitzgerald KennedyRepublicanRichard Nixon
90%
1980Ronald ReaganDemocraticJimmy Carter
88%
2012Barack ObamaRepublicanMitt Romney
88%
1992Bill ClintonRepublicanGeorge Bush
86%
2008Barack ObamaRepublicanJohn McCain
86%
2004George W. BushDemocraticJohn Kerry
83%
1976Jimmy CarterRepublicanGerald Ford
81%
1996Bill ClintonRepublicanRobert Dole
81%
1912Woodrow WilsonProgressive (Bull Moose)Theodore Roosevelt
81%
1796John AdamsDemocratic-Republican*Thomas Jefferson
81%
1789George WashingtonFederalist*John Adams
80%
FederalistJohn Adams
80%
1792George WashingtonFederalist*John Adams
80%
1820James MonroeIndependent (Federalist)John Quincy Adams
80%
1828Andrew JacksonNational RepublicanJohn Quincy Adams
80%
1932Franklin Delano RooseveltRepublicanHerbert Hoover
76%
1988George H. W. BushDemocraticMichael Dukakis
75%
1824John Quincy AdamsDemocratic-RepublicanAndrew Jackson
73%
1984Ronald ReaganDemocraticWalter Mondale
73%
RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft
66%
1964Lyndon B. JohnsonRepublicanBarry Goldwater
64%
1892Grover ClevelandRepublicanBenjamin Harrison
63%
1972Richard NixonDemocraticGeorge McGovern
63%
1968Richard NixonDemocraticHubert Humphrey
63%
1836Martin Van BurenWhigWilliam Henry Harrison
63%
American IndependentGeorge Wallace
61%
1840William Henry HarrisonDemocraticMartin Van Buren
61%
1948Harry S. TrumanRepublicanThomas Dewey
61%
1944Franklin Delano RooseveltRepublicanThomas Dewey
61%
1888Benjamin HarrisonDemocraticGrover Cleveland
58%
1832Andrew JacksonNational RepublicanHenry Clay
53%
Democratic-RepublicanHenry Clay
53%
1844James Knox PolkWhigHenry Clay
53%
American (Know-Nothing)Millard Fillmore
53%
1800Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican*Aaron Burr
51%
Democratic-RepublicanAaron Burr
51%
1956Dwight D. EisenhowerDemocraticAdlai Stevenson
51%
1952Dwight D. EisenhowerDemocraticAdlai Stevenson
51%
1928Herbert HooverDemocraticAlfred Smith
51%
1900William McKinleyDemocratic-PopulistWilliam Jennings Bryan
49%
1908William Howard TaftDemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan
49%
1896William McKinleyDemocratic-PopulistWilliam Jennings Bryan
49%
DemocraticStephen Douglas
44%
1864Abraham LincolnDemocraticGeorge McClellan
42%
1936Franklin Delano RooseveltRepublicanAlfred Landon
39%
1940Franklin Delano RooseveltRepublicanWendell Willkie
39%
1856James BuchananRepublicanJohn C. Fremont
37%
States' Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat)J. Strom Thurmond
34%
1872Ulysses Simpson GrantDemocratic (died before election)Horace Greeley
32%
1860Abraham LincolnDemocraticJohn Breckinridge
32%
1876Rutherford Birchard HayesDemocraticSamuel Jones Tilden
32%
FederalistCharles Pinckney
25%
FederalistCharles Pinckney
25%
1804Thomas JeffersonFederalistCharles Pinckney
25%
1808James MadisonFederalistCharles Pinckney
25%
1916Woodrow WilsonRepublicanCharles Hughes
22%
1852Franklin PierceWhigWinfield Scott
22%
Constitutional UnionJohn Bell
20%
ProgressiveRobert La Follette
19%
1884Grover ClevelandRepublicanJames Blaine
17%
1848Zachary TaylorDemocraticLewis Cass
17%
1920Warren G. HardingDemocraticJames Middleton Cox
15%
1816James MonroeFederalistRufus King
15%
1880James GarfieldDemocraticWinfield Hancock
15%
1904Theodore RooseveltDemocraticAlton Parker
14%
1924Calvin CoolidgeDemocraticJohn Davis
12%
FederalistJohn Jay
12%
WhigDaniel Webster
10%
1868Ulysses Simpson GrantDemocraticHoratio Seymour
8%
Anti-MasonicWilliam Wirt
8%
People's (Populist)James Weaver
7%
Democratic-RepublicanWilliam Crawford
7%
Independent/NullifierJohn Floyd
5%
WhigHugh White
0%
WhigW.P. Magnum
0%

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