In 1984, Ronald Reagan garnered 525 electoral college votes, winning the highest number of electoral votes to date.

 (In 1980, Reagan took 489 electoral votes to Jimmy Carter’s 49.)

FDR’s four elections yielded 472, 523, 449 and 432 electoral votes, respectively.

George W. Bush won with 271 electoral votes in 2000 and 286 in 2004.

Barack Obama’s electoral college vote count, which was officially certified at a Joint Session of Congress on January 8, 2009, was 365 to John McCain’s 173.