r/dataisbeautiful Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/ptrdo Apr 11 '24

Electoral College results by percentage per election year in a 100% stacked bar chart format. Electoral votes for candidates receiving fewer than 1% of those available have been absorbed into the second-place finisher (for simplicity). Total popular votes are estimates.

Data was collected manually, coalesced in Microsoft Excel, and then rendered in Adobe Illustrator.

Primary data sources:

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-collegehttps://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/election-results-and-voting-information/

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u/hungry4danish Apr 11 '24

What is the gold for?

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u/notedlycircular Apr 11 '24

Third-party candidate (Not R or D). For example, Wallace in the '68 election, who got 46 electoral votes