Presidential Elections Rankings - 2024

2024 is an election year, the 60th - so why not rank each presidential election?

I use a mix of books, web articles, and essays to obtain my information.

Check them out! Please note rankings are done in pairs, so even numbers are at the bottom.

Read: Introduction to Presidential Election Rankings

  1. 1876 - Hayes vs. Tilden

  1. 1824 - Quincy Adams, Jackson, Clay, and Crawford

57. 2000 - Bush vs. Gore

  1. 1800 - Adams vs. Jefferson

  1. 1928 - Hoover Vs. Smith

  1. 1840 - Van Buren vs. Henry Harrison

  1. 1852 - Fillmore vs. Scott

  1. 1796 - Washington vs. Nobody

  1. 1856 - Buchanan, Fremont, and Fillmore

  1. 1912 - Taft, Wilson, and Teddy Roosevelt

  1. 2004 - Bush vs. Kerry

  1. 1896 - McKinley vs. Bryan

  1. 2016 - Trump vs. Clinton

  1. 1848 - Taylor vs. Cass

  1. 1792 - Washington vs. Nobody

  1. 1984 - Reagan vs. Mondale

  1. 1832 - Jackson vs. Clay

  1. 1872 - Grant vs. Greeley

  1. 1936 - FDR vs. Landon

  1. 1940 - FDR vs. Willkie

  1. 1972 - Nixon vs. McGovern

  1. 1804- Jefferson vs. Pickney

  1. 1964 - Johnson vs. Goldwater

  1. 1980 - Carter vs. Reagan

  1. 1808 - Madison vs. Pickney

  1. 1812 - Madison vs. Clinton

  1. 1952 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson

  1. 1956 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson

  1. 1816 - Monroe vs. King

  1. 1836 - Van Buren vs. Harrison

  1. 1884 - Cleveland vs. Blaine

  1. 1992- Bush vs. Clinton

  1. 1908 - Taft vs. Bryan

  1. 1968 - Nixon vs. Humphrey

  1. 1868 - Grant vs. Seymour

  1. 1988 - Bush vs. Dukakis

  1. 1976 - Ford vs. Carter

  1. 1960 - Kennedy vs. Nixon

  1. 1916 - Wilson vs. Hughes

  1. 1944 - FDR vs. Dewey

  1. 1844 - Polk vs. Clay

  1. 1904 - Roosevelt vs. Parker

  1. 1880 - Garfield vs. Hancock

  1. 1920 - Harding vs. Cox

  1. 1888 - Harrison vs. Cleveland

  1. 1892 - Harrison vs. Cleveland

  1. 1900 - McKinley vs. Bryan

  1. 2012 - Obama vs. Romney

  1. 1924 - Coolidge vs. Davis

  1. 1996 - Clinton vs. Dole

  1. 1820 - Monroe vs. Nobody

  1. 1789 - Washington Vs. Nobody

  1. 1828 - Quincy Adams vs. Jackson

  1. 1948 - Truman vs. Dewey

  1. 1932 - FDR vs. Hoover

  1. 2008 - Obama vs. McCain

  1. 1864 - Lincoln vs. McClellan

  1. 2020 - Trump vs. Biden

  1. 1860 - Lincoln vs. Douglas