Rank
|
Year
|
# of votes
|
Party
|
Answer
|
Running Mate
|
1
|
2020
|
81,268,924
|
D
|
Joe Biden
|
Kamala Harris
|
2
|
2020
|
74,216,154
|
R
|
Donald Trump
|
Mike Pence
|
3
|
2008
|
69,498,516
|
D
|
Barack Obama
|
Joe Biden
|
4
|
2012
|
65,915,795
|
D
|
Barack Obama
|
Joe Biden
|
5
|
2016
|
65,853,514
|
D
|
Hillary Clinton
|
Tim Kaine
|
6
|
2016
|
62,984,828
|
R
|
Donald Trump
|
Mike Pence
|
7
|
2004
|
62,040,610
|
R
|
George W. Bush
|
Dick Cheney
|
8
|
2012
|
60,933,504
|
R
|
Mitt Romney
|
Paul Ryan
|
9
|
2008
|
59,948,323
|
R
|
John McCain
|
Sarah Palin
|
10
|
2004
|
59,028,444
|
D
|
John Kerry
|
John Edwards
|
11
|
1984
|
54,455,472
|
R
|
Ronald Reagan
|
George H.W. Bush
|
12
|
2000
|
50,999,897
|
D
|
Al Gore
|
Joe Lieberman
|
13
|
2000
|
50,456,002
|
R
|
George W. Bush
|
Dick Cheney
|
14
|
1988
|
48,886,597
|
R
|
George H.W. Bush
|
Dan Quayle
|
15
|
1996
|
47,401,185
|
D
|
Bill Clinton
|
Al Gore
|
16
|
1972
|
47,168,710
|
R
|
Richard Nixon
|
Spiro Agnew
|
17
|
1992
|
44,909,889
|
D
|
Bill Clinton
|
Al Gore
|
18
|
1980
|
43,127,041
|
R
|
Ronald Reagan
|
George H.W. Bush
|
19
|
1964
|
43,127,041
|
D
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
Hubert Humphrey
|
20
|
1988
|
41,809,074
|
D
|
Michael Dukakis
|
Lloyd Bentsen
|
21
|
1976
|
40,831,881
|
D
|
Jimmy Carter
|
Walter Mondale
|
22
|
1996
|
39,197,469
|
R
|
Bob Dole
|
Jack Kemp
|
23
|
1976
|
39,148,634
|
R
|
Gerald Ford
|
Bob Dole
|
24
|
1992
|
39,104,550
|
R
|
George H.W. Bush
|
Dan Quayle
|
25
|
1984
|
37,577,352
|
D
|
Walter Mondale
|
Geraldine Ferraro
|
26
|
1956
|
35,579,180
|
R
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Richard Nixon
|
27
|
1980
|
35,480,115
|
D
|
Jimmy Carter
|
Walter Mondale
|
28
|
1960
|
34,220,984
|
D
|
John F. Kennedy
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
29
|
1960
|
34,108,157
|
R
|
Richard Nixon
|
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
|
30
|
1952
|
34,075,529
|
R
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Richard Nixon
|
31
|
1968
|
31,783,783
|
R
|
Richard Nixon
|
Spiro Agnew
|
32
|
1968
|
31,271,839
|
D
|
Hubert Humphrey
|
Edmund Muskie
|
33
|
1972
|
29,173,222
|
D
|
George McGovern
|
Sargent Shriver
|
34
|
1936
|
27,747,636
|
D
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
John Nance Garner
|
35
|
1952
|
27,375,090
|
D
|
Adlai Stevenson
|
John Sparkman
|
36
|
1940
|
27,313,945
|
D
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Henry A. Wallace
|
37
|
1964
|
27,175,754
|
R
|
Barry Goldwater
|
William E. Miller
|
38
|
1956
|
26,028,028
|
D
|
Adlai Stevenson
|
Estes Kefauver
|
39
|
1944
|
25,612,916
|
D
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Harry S. Truman
|
40
|
1948
|
24,179,347
|
D
|
Harry S. Truman
|
Alben W. Barkley
|
41
|
1932
|
22,821,277
|
D
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
John Nance Garner
|
42
|
1940
|
22,347,744
|
R
|
Wendell Willkie
|
Charles L. McNary
|
43
|
1944
|
22,017,929
|
R
|
Thomas E. Dewey
|
John W. Bricker
|
44
|
1948
|
21,991,292
|
R
|
Thomas E. Dewey
|
Earl Warren
|
45
|
1928
|
21,427,123
|
R
|
Herbert Hoover
|
Charles Curtis
|
46
|
1992
|
19,743,821
|
I
|
Ross Perot
|
James Stockdale
|
47
|
1936
|
16,679,543
|
R
|
Alf Landon
|
Frank Knox
|
48
|
1920
|
16,144,093
|
R
|
Warren G. Harding
|
Calvin Coolidge
|
49
|
1932
|
15,761,254
|
R
|
Herbert Hoover
|
Charles Curtis
|
50
|
1924
|
15,723,789
|
R
|
Calvin Coolidge
|
Charles G. Dawes
|
|