History quiz
Biggest Electoral College wins since 1900
21 election winners are ranked by the most electoral votes each ever won. The figures show; the names are hidden. A right name opens itself and everyone below it.
- Format
- Biggest answer
- Items
- 21 to unlock
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Entries
- 21
- Time limit
- 2:00
- Scoring
- Your best guess and everything below it
- Name the biggest president and the whole table unlocks at once.
- A smaller answer unlocks itself and everything ranked below it. Guess again to climb.
- Press Enter to lock in a guess. A name that is not on the list costs nothing but time.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the winner with the most electoral votes. The ranking appears when you start, with its figures showing and its names hidden.
About this quiz
The Electoral College has had 538 votes since 1964 and had 531 for most of the years before that. Each winner is entered once, with the best of his victories.
- George W. Bush's 271 votes in 2000 is the smallest winning total of the period.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt won four elections; his best is the one counted.
- Guesses are free until the clock ends, and only your best one counts.
Sources
- [1]National Archives. Electoral College Results.
Note on the data. Electoral votes are the winner's totals on the National Archives' Electoral College results pages for 1900 to 2024, read on 3 October 2026. A president who won more than once is ranked by his highest total. Winners with equal totals share a place.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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