Electoral Votes Needed to Win: 70
My party abbreviation guide is here.
John Adams (F) – 35,726 – 53.44% (71 electoral votes)
Thomas Jefferson (DR) – 31,115 – 46.56% (68 electoral votes)
Thomas Pinckney (F) (59 electoral votes)
Aaron Burr (DR) (30 electoral votes)
Samuel Adams (DR) (15 electoral votes)
Oliver Ellsworth (F) (11 electoral votes)
George Clinton (DR) (7 electoral votes)
John Jay (F) (5 electoral votes)
James Iredell (F) (3 electoral votes)
George Washington (No Party) (2 electoral votes)
John Henry (DR) (2 electoral votes)
Samuel Johnston (F) (2 electoral votes)
Charles Cotesworth (F) (1 electoral vote)
Total Votes – 66,841 – 100.00% (276 electoral votes)
Results by state
Connecticut – 9 electoral votes (9 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
Delaware – 3 electoral votes (3 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
Georgia – 4 electoral votes (4 Jefferson)
**Electors chosen by voters statewide
Kentucky – 4 electoral votes (4 Jefferson)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters
Maryland – 10 electoral votes (7 Adams, 4 Jefferson)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters; one elector voted for Adams and Jefferson
Massachusetts – 16 electoral votes (16 Adams)
**Two appointed by state legislature
**Top two vote-getters from remaining Congressional districts chosen by state legislature
**If too few electors are chosen by majority vote from a Congressional district, the state legislature appoints the rest of the electors
New Hampshire – 6 electoral votes (6 Adams)
**Each elector chosen by voters statewide; however, if no candidate wins majority, state legislature appoints elector from top two candidates
New Jersey – 7 electoral votes (7 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
New York – 12 electoral votes (12 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
North Carolina – 12 electoral votes (11 Jefferson, 1 Adams)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters
Pennsylvania – 15 electoral votes (14 Jefferson, 1 Adams)
**Electors chosen by voters statewide
Rhode Island – 4 electoral votes (4 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
South Carolina – 8 electoral votes (8 Jefferson)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
Tennessee – 3 electoral votes (3 Jefferson)
**One elector per electoral district
**Each county chooses an electoral delegate by popular vote
**Delegates of counties within their district choose the elector
Vermont – 4 electoral votes (4 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
Virginia – 21 electoral votes (20 Jefferson, 1 Adams)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters