Since the crash of 1929

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The difference in the electoral college vote percentage being more likely to show where the winning side focused their campaign than the popular vote difference.

The elected President only failed to get more than 60% of the electoral college votes in 7 of the 22 elections since the crash of 1929 while in only 5 of those elections did the losing candidate garner less than 40% of the popular vote.

1932 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) received 472 (88.9%) of the electoral votes

1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) received 523 (98.5%) of the electoral votes

1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) received 449 (89.6%) of the electoral votes

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) received 432 (81.4%) of the electoral votes

1948 – Harry Truman (D) received 303 (57.1%) of the electoral votes

1952 – Dwight Eisenhower (R) received 442 (83.2%) of the electoral votes

1956 – Dwight Eisenhower (R) received 457 (86.1%) of the electoral votes

1960 – John F. Kennedy (D) received 303 (56.4%) of the electoral votes

1964 – LBJ (D) received 486 (90.3%) of the electoral votes

1968 – Nixon (R) received 301 (55.9%) of the electoral votes

1972 – Nixon (R) received 520 (96.7%) of the electoral votes

1976 – Jimmy Carter (D) received 297 (55.2%) of the electoral votes

1980 – Reagan (R) received 489 (90.9%) of the electoral votes

1984 – Reagan (R) received 525 (97.6%) of the electoral votes

1988 – Bush (R) received 426 (79.2%) of the electoral votes

1992 – Clinton (D) received 370 (68.8%) of the electoral votes

1996 – Clinton (D) received 379 (70.4%) of the electoral votes

2000 – W. Bush (R) received 271 (50.4%) of the electoral votes

2004 – W. Bush (R) received 286 (53.2%) of the electoral votes

2008 – Obama (D) received 365 (67.8%) of the electoral votes

2012 – Obama (D) received 332 (61.7%) of the electoral votes

2016 – tRump (R) received 304 (56.5%) of the electoral votes