The most spectacular victories in US presidential election history.

(VTC News) - In these US presidential elections, the candidates won the White House with an overwhelming majority of the vote.

Jefferson vs. Pinckney (1804) Thomas Jefferson had reason to be confident entering his 1804 re-election campaign. The young nation was prosperous and peaceful , and Jefferson's political opponents, the Federalists, were in disarray. Jefferson was bold enough to predict that his Democratic-Republican party would lose only four states in 1804. Ultimately, they lost only two. Jefferson ran on his track record and won overwhelmingly, securing 162 electoral votes compared to Pinckney's 14, a margin of victory of 84 percent. The 1804 election was the first held after the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment, which changed the electoral process so that each voter would cast two separate ballots: one for president and one for vice president. Lincoln vs. McClellan (1864) The 1864 election was held amidst fighting, with only 25 states voting. The presidential race became a national referendum on war, with incumbent candidate Abraham Lincoln promising to continue fighting, and Democratic candidate George McClellan saying it was time for peace with the Confederacy. Ultimately, Lincoln won 212 electoral votes compared to McClellan's 12, a margin of victory of 81.6 percentage points.

Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Alf Landon (1936) Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was elected president four times, a record before the 22nd Amendment established term limits—and none of those races were highly competitive. Even his smallest margin of victory in the Electoral College was 62.8 percentage points in 1944. His largest margin of victory—the most resounding victory in presidential history—occurred in 1936 when he won by 97 percentage points.

Opinions attribute Roosevelt's success to his political acumen. FDR was adept at reading shifting political winds. He quickly shifted sides on an issue when it began to lose popularity. While America was still struggling to emerge from the Great Depression, voters overwhelmingly favored FDR. Roosevelt won every state except Vermont and Maine, securing 523 electoral votes to Landon's eight. Reagan vs. Carter (1980): The economic and political situation in 1980 was a stark contrast to 1964. In 1964, the economy was booming. In 1980, the entire nation was mired in a deep recession, and 100 Americans were held hostage in Iran. Voters were poised for change in the White House. Ronald Reagan was no stranger to American voters in 1980. He had first been elected governor of California in 1966 and had run the Republican primary against Gerald Ford in 1976. By 1980, Reagan was widely considered the "dominant figure of the American right." Ultimately, Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter by 81.8 percentage points, with 489 electoral votes versus 49. Reagan vs. Mondale (1984) : In 1984, President Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign team ran a campaign ad called "Morning in America." The Democrats nominated Walter Mondale, who had served as vice president under Carter. Mondale chose Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first woman to be named on the presidential nomination list of a major party in the United States. At the time, Reagan was 73 years old, the oldest person ever nominated for president. Mondale briefly put Reagan in a difficult position after a weak debate. But ultimately, Mondale's campaign failed to offer a compelling alternative to Reagan's conservative vision. Reagan improved on his impressive record in 1980, overwhelming Mondale with 525 electoral votes to 13. In 1984, Reagan won every state except Minnesota and the District of Columbia by a margin of 95.2 percentage points.

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