Electoral Votes Needed to Win: 70
My party abbreviation guide is here.
**Popular vote data for states that chose their electors via popular vote is unavailable; these states are colored by the proportion their electors went for each party
Thomas Jefferson (DR) – 41,330 – 61.4% (73 electoral votes)
Aaron Burr (DR) (73 electoral votes)
John Adams (F) – 25,952 – 38.6% (65 electoral votes)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F) (64 electoral votes)
John Jay (F) (1 electoral vote)
Total Votes – 67,282 – 100.0% (276 electoral votes)
House of Representatives results (numbers represent state delegations)
Ballots 1-35: Jefferson 8, Burr 6, none 2
Ballot 36: Jefferson 10, Burr 4, none 2
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 appointed by state legislature
Kentucky – 4 electoral votes (4 Jefferson)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters
Maryland – 10 electoral votes (5 Adams, 5 Jefferson)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters
Massachusetts – 16 electoral votes (16 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
New Hampshire – 6 electoral votes (6 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
New Jersey – 7 electoral votes (7 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
New York – 12 electoral votes (12 Jefferson)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
North Carolina – 12 electoral votes (8 Jefferson, 4 Adams)
**One elector chosen per electoral district by that district’s voters
Pennsylvania – 15 electoral votes (8 Jefferson, 7 Adams)
**Electors appointed by state legislature
Rhode Island – 4 electoral votes (4 Adams)
**Electors chosen by voters statewide
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 (21 Jefferson)
**Electors chosen by voters statewide