Context.

1980
Ronald Reagan (CA), George Bush (TX)
Republican
43,901,812 votes
489 ev
50.8%

Jimmy Carter (GA), Walter Mondale (MN)
Democrat
35,483,820 votes
49 ev
41.0%

1984
Ronald Reagan (CA), George Bush (TX)
Republican
54,455,000 votes
525 ev
58.8%

Walter Mondale (MN), Geraldine Ferraro (NY)
Democrat
37,577,000 votes
13 ev
40.5%

1988
George H.W. Bush (TX), James Danforth Quayle (IN)
Republican
48,886,097 votes
426 ev
53.4%

Michael Dukakis (MA), Lloyd Bentson (MN)
Democrat
41,809,074 votes
111 ev
45.6%

1992
William Jefferson Clinton (AR), Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN)
Democrat
44,909,326 votes
370 ev
43.0%

George Herbert Walker Bush (TX), James Danforth Quayle (IN)
Republican
39,103,882 votes
168 ev
37.4%

Henry Ross Perot (TX), James Bond Stockdale (IL)
Independant
Home State: PR: TX; VP: IL
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 19,741,657 (18.9%)


1996
William Jefferson Clinton (AR), Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN)
Democrat
47,401,898 votes
379 ev
49.2%

Robert Joseph Dole (KS), Jack French Kemp (NY)
Republican
39,198,482 votes
159 ev
40.7%

Henry Ross Perot (TX), Pat Choate (CO)
Reform
8,085,373 votes
0 ev
8.4%

2000
George Walker Bush (TX), Richard Bruce Cheney (WY)
Republican
50,461,092 votes
271 ev
47.9%

Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN), Joseph Isador Lieberman (CT)
Democrat
50,994,086 votes
266 ev
48.4%

2004
George Walker Bush (TX), Richard Bruce Cheney (WY)
Republican
58,878,565 votes
274 ev
51%

John F. Kerry (MA), John Edwards (VA)
Democrat
55,310,082 votes
242 ev
48%