Election of 1796

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BASICS

Category Result
Incumbent George Washington (F)
Prior streak F (2)
Prior five elections F (2)
Population 4,706,570
States 16
Electoral votes 138
Popular votes n.a.
Voter turnout n.a.

FIELD

Candidate Party PI Age State Position Nominee Winner CS ROP
John Adams F 5.7 61.01 Massachusetts Vice president X X 77.27 136
Thomas Jefferson DR 6.9 53.55 Virginia Former Cabinet member X 74.00 107
Thomas Pinckney F 4.1 46.02 South Carolina Ambassador 61.70 150
Aaron Burr DR 4.7 40.73 New York Senator 54.24 115
Samuel Adams DR 3.7 74.10 Massachusetts Governor 50.36 136
Oliver Ellsworth F 4.8 51.51 Connecticut Supreme Court justice 43.29 90
George Clinton DR 3.0 57.27 New York Former governor 33.54 112
John Jay F 5.1 50.89 New York Governor 28.66 56
James Iredell F 3.6 45.07 North Carolina Supreme Court justice 23.85 66
John Henry DR 4.7 46.00 Maryland Senator 21.42 46
Samuel Johnston F 6.5 62.88 North Carolina Former senator 21.42 33
George Washington F 9.1 64.69 Virginia President 21.42 24
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 3.9 50.68 South Carolina Ambassador 18.98 49

GENERAL ELECTION

Candidate Party SC PV PV% EV EV% PV*EQ EV*EQ
John Adams F 9 71 51.45% 277
Thomas Jefferson DR 7 68 49.28% 265
Thomas Pinckney F 5 59 42.75% 230
Aaron Burr DR 2 30 21.74% 117
Samuel Adams DR 0 15 10.87% 58
Oliver Ellsworth F 2 11 7.97% 43
George Clinton DR 1 7 5.07% 27
John Jay F 0 5 3.62% 19
James Iredell F 0 3 2.17% 12
John Henry DR 0 2 1.45% 8
Samuel Johnston F 0 2 1.45% 8
George Washington F 0 2 1.45% 8
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 0 1 0.73% 4

REGIONAL SPLITS

Candidate Party PV% East South Midwest West EV East South Midwest West
John Adams F 71 69 2
Thomas Jefferson DR 68 18 50
Thomas Pinckney F 59 49 10
Aaron Burr DR 30 16 14
Samuel Adams DR 15 0 15
Oliver Ellsworth F 11 11 0
George Clinton DR 7 0 7
John Jay F 5 5 0
James Iredell F 3 0 3
John Henry DR 2 2 0
Samuel Johnston F 2 2 0
George Washington F 2 0 2
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 1 0 1

EV BY STATES

State Total EV J. Adams Jefferson T. Pinckney Burr S. Adams Ellsworth Clinton Jay Iredell
Connecticut 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0
Delaware 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Kentucky 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 10 7 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 16 16 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
New Hampshire 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
New Jersey 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina 12 1 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 3
Pennsylvania 15 1 14 2 13 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
South Carolina 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 21 1 20 1 1 15 0 3 0 0
Total 138 71 68 59 30 15 11 7 5 3
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