Election of 1808

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BASICS

Category Result
Incumbent Thomas Jefferson (DR)
Prior streak DR (2)
Prior five elections F (3), DR (2)
Population 6,804,233
States 17
Electoral votes 175
Popular votes n.a.
Voter turnout n.a.

FIELD OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Candidate Party PI Age State Position Nom Win CS ROP
James Madison DR 6.8 57.63 Virginia Cabinet member X X 84.36 124
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 3.9 62.68 South Carolina Former nominee X 66.03 169
George Clinton DR 4.0 69.27 New York Vice president 28.01 70

GENERAL ELECTION

Candidate Party SC PV PV% EV EV% PV*EQ EV*EQ
James Madison DR 12 122 69.71% 375
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 5 47 26.86% 144
George Clinton DR 0 6 3.43% 18

REGIONAL SPLITS

Candidate Party PV% East South Midwest West EV East South Midwest West
James Madison DR 122 56 63 3
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney F 47 44 3 0
George Clinton DR 6 6 0 0

EV BY STATES

State Total EV Madison Pinckney Clinton
Connecticut 9 0 9 0
Delaware 3 0 3 0
Georgia 6 6 0 0
Kentucky 7 7 0 0
Maryland 11 9 2 0
Massachusetts 19 0 19 0
New Hampshire 7 0 7 0
New Jersey 8 8 0 0
New York 19 13 0 6
North Carolina 14 11 3 0
Ohio 3 3 0 0
Pennsylvania 20 20 0 0
Rhode Island 4 0 4 0
South Carolina 10 10 0 0
Tennessee 5 5 0 0
Vermont 6 6 0 0
Virginia 24 24 0 0
Total 175 122 47 6
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