Democratic Party (United States)

== Recent electoral history ==

=== In congressional elections: 1950–present ===
{{see also|Party divisions of United States Congresses}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |House of Representatives
| rowspan="999" |
! rowspan="2" |President
| rowspan="999" |
! colspan="3" |Senate
|-
!Election
year
!No. of
seats won
!+/–
!No. of
seats won
!+/–
!Election
year
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1950|1950]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|235|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 28
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Harry S. Truman]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|49|96|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
![[United States Senate elections, 1950|1950]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1952|1952]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|213|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 22
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|47|96|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1952|1952]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1954|1954]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|232|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 19
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|49|96|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1954|1954]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1956|1956]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|234|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|49|96|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
![[United States Senate elections, 1956|1956]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1958|1958]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|283|437|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 49
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|64|98|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 15
![[United States Senate elections, 1958|1958]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1960|1960]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|262|437|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 21
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[John F. Kennedy]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|64|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, 1960|1960]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1962|1962]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|258|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|66|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
![[United States Senate elections, 1962|1962]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1964|1964]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|295|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 37
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|68|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1964|1964]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1966|1966]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|248|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 47
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|64|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
![[United States Senate elections, 1966|1966]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1968|1968]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|243|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Richard Nixon]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|57|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
![[United States Senate elections, 1968|1968]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1970|1970]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|255|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 12
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|54|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
![[United States Senate elections, 1970|1970]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1972|1972]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|242|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|56|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1972|1972]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1974|1974]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|291|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 49
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Gerald Ford]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|60|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
![[United States Senate elections, 1974|1974]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1976|1976]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|292|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Jimmy Carter]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|61|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
![[United States Senate elections, 1976|1976]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1978|1978]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|277|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 15
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|58|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
![[United States Senate elections, 1978|1978]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1980|1980]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|243|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 34
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Ronald Reagan]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|46|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 12
![[United States Senate elections, 1980|1980]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1982|1982]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|269|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 26
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|46|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, 1982|1982]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1984|1984]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|253|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 16
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|47|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1984|1984]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1986|1986]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|258|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 5
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|55|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 8
![[United States Senate elections, 1986|1986]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1988|1988]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|260|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[George H. W. Bush]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|55|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, 1988|1988]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1990|1990]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|267|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|56|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, 1990|1990]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1992|1992]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|258|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Bill Clinton]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|57|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
![[United States Senate elections, 1992|1992]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1994|1994]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|204|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 54
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|47|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 10
![[United States Senate elections, 1994|1994]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1996|1996]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|206|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|45|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 1996|1996]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 1998|1998]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|211|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 5
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|45|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
![[United States Senate elections, 1998|1998]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2000|2000]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|212|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[George W. Bush]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|50|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 5
![[United States Senate elections, 2000|2000]]{{efn|name=tie1|Republican Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] provided a [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by the vice president of the United States|tie-breaking vote]], giving Republicans a majority until June 6, 2001, when [[Jim Jeffords]] left Republicans to join the Democratic Caucus.}}
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2002|2002]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|204|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 7
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|49|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
![[United States Senate elections, 2002|2002]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2004|2004]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|202|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|45|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
![[United States Senate elections, 2004|2004]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2006|2006]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|233|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 31
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|51|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 6{{efn|name=ind|Includes [[Independent Democrat|Independents caucusing with the Democrats]].}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2006|2006]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2008|2008]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|257|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 21
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Barack Obama]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|59|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 8{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2008|2008]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2010|2010]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|193|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 63
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|53|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2010|2010]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2012|2012]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|201|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 8
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|55|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2012|2012]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2014|2014]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|188|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|46|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2014|2014]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2016|2016]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|194|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Donald Trump]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|48|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2016|2016]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2018|2018]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|235|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 41
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|47|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2018|2018]]
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2020|2020]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|222|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Joe Biden]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|50|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2020|2020]]{{efn|name=tie2|Democratic Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] provided a [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by the vice president of the United States|tie-breaking vote]], giving Democrats a majority throughout the [[117th Congress]].}}
|-
![[United States House of Representatives elections, 2022|2022]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{Composition bar|213|435|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{Composition bar|51|100|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1{{efn|name=ind}}
![[United States Senate elections, 2022|2022]]
|}

=== In presidential elections: 1828–present ===
{{see also|List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets}}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!style="text-align:center;"|Election<br />year
!Presidential ticket
!Votes
!Vote %
!Electoral votes
!+/–
!Result
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1828 United States presidential election|1828]]
|[[Andrew Jackson]]/[[John C. Calhoun]]
|style="text-align:center;"|642,553
|style="text-align:center;"|56.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|178|261|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}178
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1832 United States presidential election|1832]]
|[[Andrew Jackson]]/[[Martin Van Buren]]
|style="text-align:center;"|701,780
|style="text-align:center;"|54.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|219|286|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}41
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1836 United States presidential election|1836]]
|[[Martin Van Buren]]/[[Richard Mentor Johnson]]
|style="text-align:center;"|764,176
|style="text-align:center;"|50.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|170|294|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}49
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1840 United States presidential election|1840]]
|[[Martin Van Buren]]/''None''{{efn|While there was no official Democratic nominee, the majority of the Democratic electors still cast their electoral votes for incumbent Vice President [[Richard Mentor Johnson]].}}
|style="text-align:center;"|1,128,854
|style="text-align:center;"|46.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|60|294|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}110
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1844 United States presidential election|1844]]
|[[James K. Polk]]/[[George M. Dallas]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,339,494
|style="text-align:center;"|49.5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|170|275|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}110
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1848 United States presidential election|1848]]
|[[Lewis Cass]]/[[William O. Butler]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,223,460
|style="text-align:center;"|42.5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|127|290|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}43
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1852 United States presidential election|1852]]
|[[Franklin Pierce]]/[[William R. King]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,607,510
|style="text-align:center;"|50.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|254|296|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}127
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1856 United States presidential election|1856]]
|[[James Buchanan]]/[[John C. Breckinridge]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,836,072
|style="text-align:center;"|45.3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|174|296|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}80
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1860 United States presidential election|1860]]
|[[Stephen A. Douglas]]/[[Herschel Vespasian Johnson|Herschel V. Johnson]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,380,202
|style="text-align:center;"|29.5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|12|303|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}162
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1864 United States presidential election|1864]]
|[[George B. McClellan]]/[[George H. Pendleton]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1,812,807
|style="text-align:center;"|45.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|21|233|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}9
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1868 United States presidential election|1868]]
|[[Horatio Seymour]]/[[Francis Preston Blair Jr.]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2,706,829
|style="text-align:center;"|47.3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|80|294|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}59
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1872 United States presidential election|1872]]
|[[Horace Greeley]]/[[Benjamin G. Brown]] ([[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]])
|style="text-align:center;"|2,834,761
|style="text-align:center;"|43.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|69|352|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}11
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1876 United States presidential election|1876]]
|[[Samuel J. Tilden]]/[[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|style="text-align:center;"|4,288,546
|style="text-align:center;"|50.9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|184|369|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}115
|{{lost}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Although Tilden won a majority of the popular vote, Republican [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1880 United States presidential election|1880]]
|[[Winfield Scott Hancock]]/[[William H. English]]
|style="text-align:center;"|4,444,260
|style="text-align:center;"|48.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|155|369|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}29
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1884 United States presidential election|1884]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|style="text-align:center;"|4,914,482
|style="text-align:center;"|48.9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|219|401|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}64
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1888 United States presidential election|1888]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Allen G. Thurman]]
|style="text-align:center;"|5,534,488
|style="text-align:center;"|48.6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|168|401|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}51
|{{lost}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Although Cleveland won a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of the popular vote, Republican [[Benjamin Harrison]] won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1892 United States presidential election|1892]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Adlai Stevenson I]]
|style="text-align:center;"|5,556,918
|style="text-align:center;"|46.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|277|444|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}109
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1896 United States presidential election|1896]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[Arthur Sewall]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6,509,052
|style="text-align:center;"|46.7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|176|447|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}101
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1900 United States presidential election|1900]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[Adlai Stevenson I]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6,370,932
|style="text-align:center;"|45.5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|155|447|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}21
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1904 United States presidential election|1904]]
|[[Alton B. Parker]]/[[Henry G. Davis]]
|style="text-align:center;"|5,083,880
|style="text-align:center;"|37.6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|140|476|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}15
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[John W. Kern]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6,408,984
|style="text-align:center;"|43.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|162|483|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}22
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]/[[Thomas R. Marshall]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6,296,284
|style="text-align:center;"|41.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|435|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}273
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]/[[Thomas R. Marshall]]
|style="text-align:center;"|9,126,868
|style="text-align:center;"|49.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|277|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}158
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]
|[[James M. Cox]]/[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|style="text-align:center;"|9,139,661
|style="text-align:center;"|34.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|127|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}150
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]
|[[John W. Davis]]/[[Charles W. Bryan]]
|style="text-align:center;"|8,386,242
|style="text-align:center;"|28.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|136|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}9
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]
|[[Al Smith]]/[[Joseph T. Robinson]]
|style="text-align:center;"|15,015,464
|style="text-align:center;"|40.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|87|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}49
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[John Nance Garner]]
|style="text-align:center;"|22,821,277
|style="text-align:center;"|57.4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|472|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}385
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[John Nance Garner]]
|style="text-align:center;"|27,747,636
|style="text-align:center;"|60.8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|523|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}51
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[Henry A. Wallace]]
|style="text-align:center;"|27,313,945
|style="text-align:center;"|54.7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|449|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}74
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[Harry S. Truman]]
|style="text-align:center;"|25,612,916
|style="text-align:center;"|53.4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|432|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}17
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]
|[[Harry S. Truman]]/[[Alben W. Barkley]]
|style="text-align:center;"|24,179,347
|style="text-align:center;"|49.6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|303|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}129
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]
|[[Adlai Stevenson II]]/[[John Sparkman]]
|style="text-align:center;"|27,375,090
|style="text-align:center;"|44.3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|89|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}214
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]
|[[Adlai Stevenson II]]/[[Estes Kefauver]]
|style="text-align:center;"|26,028,028
|style="text-align:center;"|42.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|73|531|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}16
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]
|[[John F. Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|style="text-align:center;"|34,220,984
|style="text-align:center;"|49.7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|303|537|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}230
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]/[[Hubert Humphrey]]
|style="text-align:center;"|43,127,041
|style="text-align:center;"|61.1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|486|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}183
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]
|[[Hubert Humphrey]]/[[Edmund Muskie]]
|style="text-align:center;"|31,271,839
|style="text-align:center;"|42.7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|191|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}295
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]
|[[George McGovern]]/[[Sargent Shriver]]
|style="text-align:center;"|29,173,222
|style="text-align:center;"|37.5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|17|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}174
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]/[[Walter Mondale]]
|style="text-align:center;"|40,831,881
|style="text-align:center;"|50.1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|297|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}280
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]/[[Walter Mondale]]
|style="text-align:center;"|35,480,115
|style="text-align:center;"|41.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|49|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}248
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]
|[[Walter Mondale]]/[[Geraldine Ferraro]]
|style="text-align:center;"|37,577,352
|style="text-align:center;"|40.6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|13|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}36
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]
|[[Michael Dukakis]]/[[Lloyd Bentsen]]
|style="text-align:center;"|41,809,074
|style="text-align:center;"|45.6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|111|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}98
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]
|[[Bill Clinton]]/[[Al Gore]]
|style="text-align:center;"|44,909,806
|style="text-align:center;"|43.0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|370|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}259
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]
|[[Bill Clinton]]/[[Al Gore]]
|style="text-align:center;"|47,401,185
|style="text-align:center;"|49.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|379|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}9
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]
|[[Al Gore]]/[[Joe Lieberman]]
|style="text-align:center;"|50,999,897
|style="text-align:center;"|48.4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|266|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}113
|{{lost}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Although Gore won a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of the popular vote, Republican [[George W. Bush]] won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]
|[[John Kerry]]/[[John Edwards]]
|style="text-align:center;"|59,028,444
|style="text-align:center;"|48.3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|251|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}15
|{{lost}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]
|[[Barack Obama]]/[[Joe Biden]]
|style="text-align:center;"|69,498,516
|style="text-align:center;"|52.9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|365|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}114
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]
|[[Barack Obama]]/[[Joe Biden]]
|style="text-align:center;"|65,915,795
|style="text-align:center;"|51.1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|332|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}33
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]
|[[Hillary Clinton]]/[[Tim Kaine]]
|style="text-align:center;"|65,853,514
|style="text-align:center;"|48.2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|227|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}}105
|{{lost}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Although Clinton won a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of the popular vote, Republican [[Donald Trump]] won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.}}
|-
|align=center|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]
|[[Joe Biden]]/[[Kamala Harris]]
|style="text-align:center;"|81,268,924
|style="text-align:center;"|51.3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Composition bar|306|538|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}}79
|{{won}}
|}