Ronald Reagan in 1984 with 525 electoral votes and a popular vote of 54,455,075, second place is FDR in 1936 with 523 electoral votes and a pop. vote of 27,751,597, and in third place is Richard Nixon in 1972 with 520 electoral and a vote of 47,169,911.
George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously reelected President in 1792. In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes and was reelected President.
Barack Obama received more votes for president. Obama received 69,456,897 votes, giving him 365 electoral votes, while John McCain received 59,934,814 votes for president, and 173 of 538 electoral votes.
In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1936 election Franklin D. Roosevelt received 523 (98.49%) of the 531 electoral votes. In the 1972 election Richard Nixon received 520 (96.65%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1820 election James Monroe was unopposed and received 231 (99.57%) of the 232 electoral votes. George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792.
The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792. In the 1820 election James Monroe was unopposed and received 231 (99.57%) of the 232 electoral votes. In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1936 election Franklin D. Roosevelt received 523 (98.49%) of the 531 electoral votes. In the 1972 election Richard Nixon received 520 (96.65%) of the 538 electoral votes. The largest percentage of popular votes were won by Lyndon Johnson 61.05% in 1964, Franklin Roosevelt 60.80% in 1936, Richard Nixon 60.67% in 1972, and Warren Harding 60.32% in 1920.
George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792. In the 1820 election James Monroe was unopposed and received 231 (99.57%) of the 232 electoral votes. In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1936 election Franklin D. Roosevelt received 523 (98.49%) of the 531 electoral votes. In the 1972 election Richard Nixon received 520 (96.65%) of the 538 electoral votes. The largest percentage of popular votes were won by Lyndon Johnson 61.05% in 1964, Franklin Roosevelt 60.80% in 1936, Richard Nixon 60.67% in 1972, and Warren Harding 60.32% in 1920.
George Washington was the only president who ever received all the electoral votes and he did it twice. james Monroe won all the votes but one in 1820.
George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792.
Ronald Reagan in 1984 won the most electoral votes with 525, a 97.58% of the total.But Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 won the highest percentage of the total electoral votes 98.49% (523 electoral votes).But, George Washington ran unopposed in 1789 and won 100%of the electoral votes (69).He ran unopposed for a second term in 1792 and won 100%of the electoral votes (132).He declined to run for a third term.
NUMBER of ELECTORAL VOTES RECIEVED by RICHARD M. NIXON:1952 : 442 votes for vice president (83.2%)1956 : 457 votes for vice president (86.1%)1960 : 219 votes for president (40.8%)1968 : 301 votes for president (55.9%)1972 : 520 votes for president (96.7%)
In 1789, President George Washington ran unopposed for a second term. Under the system in place then and through the election of 1800, each voting elector cast two votes - the recipient of the greatest number of votes was elected President, the second greatest number, Vice President. As with his first term, Washington is considered to have been elected unanimously. The recipient of 77 electoral votes, Vice President John Adams, finished second in voting and was therefore re-elected Vice President of the United States