Four Methods for Aggregating the Votes(1)
| Year | Candidate | Electoral College | Proportional Plan | District Plan | Direct Election |
| 1956 | Eisenhower | 457 | 296.7 | 411 | 57.4 % |
| Stevenson | 73 | 227.2 | 120 | 42.0 % | |
| 1960 | Nixon | 219 | 266.1 | 278 | 49.5 % |
| Kennedy | 303 | 265.6 | 245 | 49.8 % | |
| Byrd | 15 | 5.3 | 14 | 0.7 % | |
| 1964 | Goldwater | 52 | 213.6 | 72 | 38.5 % |
| Johnson | 486 | 320.0 | 466 | 61.0 % | |
| 1968 | Nixon | 301 | 231.5 | 289 | 43.2 % |
| Humphrey | 191 | 225.4 | 192 | 42.7 % | |
| Wallace | 46 | 78.8 | 57 | 13.5 % | |
| 1972 | Nixon | 520 | 330.3 | 474 | 60.7 % |
| McGovern | 17 | 197.5 | 64 | 37.5 % | |
| 1976 | Ford | 240 | 258.0 | 269 | 48.0 % |
| Carter | 297 | 269.7 | 269 | 50.1 % | |
| 1980 | Reagan | 489 | 272.9 | 396 | 50.7 % |
| Carter | 49 | 220.9 | 142 | 41.0 % | |
| Anderson | 0 | 35.3 | 0 | 6.6 % | |
| 1984 | Reagan | 525 | 317.6 | 468 | 58.8 % |
| Mondale | 13 | 216.6 | 70 | 40.6 % | |
| 1988 | Bush | 426 | 287.8 | 379 | 53.4 % |
| Dukakis | 111 | 244.7 | 159 | 45.6 % | |
| 1992 | Bush | 168 | 203.3 | 214 | 37.5 % |
| Clinton | 370 | 231.6 | 324 | 43.0 % | |
| Perot | 0 | 101.8 | 0 | 18.9 % | |
| 1996 | Clinton | 379 | 262.0 | 345 | 49.2 % |
| Dole | 159 | 219.9 | 193 | 40.7 % | |
| Perot | 0 | 48.8 | 0 | 8.4 % |
1. S. Wayne, "Road to the White House 2000; The Politics of Presidential Elections" Bedford, St. Martin's, 2000, pp, 313-314.