Since being admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
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Number of elections | 44 |
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Voted Democratic | 20 |
Voted Republican | 22 |
Voted other | 2 |
Voted for winning candidate | 35 |
Voted for losing candidate | 9 |
List
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Bold indicates the presidential candidate who won the national election.
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Other | TEV | Sources | ||||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | EV | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | |||||
1852 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 40,721 | 53.02% | 4 | Winfield Scott | Whig | 35,972 | 46.83% | – | 117 | 0.15% | – | 4 | |||
1856 | James Buchanan | Democratic | 53,342 | 48.38% | 4 | Millard Fillmore | Know Nothing | 36,195 | 32.83% | – | 20,718 | 18.79% | – | 4 | |||
1860 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 38,733 | 32.30% | 4 | Stephen A. Douglas | Democratic | 37,999 | 31.70% | – | 43,095 | 35.96% | – | 4 | |||
1864 | Abraham Lincoln | National Union | 62,053 | 58.60% | 5 | George B. McClellan | Democratic | 43,837 | 41.40% | – | – | – | – | 5 | |||
1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 54,588 | 50.20% | 5 | Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 54,068 | 49.80% | – | – | – | – | 5 | |||
1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 54,007 | 56.38% | 6 | Horace Greeley | Liberal Republican | 40,717 | 42.51% | – | 1,061 | 1.11% | – | 6 | |||
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 79,258 | 50.88% | 6 | Samuel J. Tilden | Democratic | 76,460 | 49.08% | – | 66 | 0.04% | – | 6 | |||
1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock | Democratic | 80,426 | 48.98% | 5 | James A. Garfield | Republican | 80,282 | 48.89% | 1 | 3,510 | 2.14% | – | 6 | |||
1884 | James G. Blaine | Republican | 102,369 | 51.97% | 8 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 89,288 | 45.33% | – | 5,331 | 2.71% | – | 8 | |||
1888 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 124,816 | 49.66% | 8 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 117,729 | 46.84% | – | 8,794 | 3.49% | – | 8 | |||
1892 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 118,174 | 43.83% | 8 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 118,027 | 43.78% | 1 | 33,408 | 12.39% | – | 9 | |||
1896 | William McKinley | Republican | 146,688 | 49.16% | 8 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 144,766 | 48.51% | 1 | 6,965 | 2.33% | – | 9 | |||
1900 | William McKinley | Republican | 164,755 | 54.50% | 9 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 124,985 | 41.34% | – | 13,264 | 4.38% | – | 9 | |||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 205,226 | 61.84% | 10 | Alton B. Parker | Democratic | 89,404 | 26.94% | – | 37,248 | 11.22% | – | 10 | |||
1908 | William Howard Taft | Republican | 214,398 | 55.46% | 10 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 127,492 | 32.98% | – | 44,707 | 11.56% | – | 10 | |||
1912 | Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive | 283,610 | 41.83% | 11 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 283,436 | 41.81% | 2 | 110,898 | 16.36% | – | 13 | |||
1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 466,289 | 46.65% | 13 | Charles Evans Hughes | Republican | 462,516 | 46.27% | – | 70,798 | 7.08% | – | 13 | |||
1920 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | 624,992 | 66.20% | 13 | James M. Cox | Democratic | 229,191 | 24.28% | – | 89,867 | 9.52% | – | 13 | |||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 733,250 | 57.20% | 13 | Robert M. La Follette | Socialist | 424,649 | 33.13% | – | 124,001 | 9.67% | – | 13 | |||
1928 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 1,162,323 | 64.69% | 13 | Al Smith | Democratic | 614,365 | 34.19% | – | 19,968 | 1.11% | – | 13 | |||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1,324,157 | 58.39% | 22 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 847,902 | 37.39% | – | 95,907 | 4.22% | – | 22 | |||
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1,766,836 | 66.95% | 22 | Alf Landon | Republican | 836,431 | 31.70% | – | 35,615 | 1.35% | – | 22 | |||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1,877,618 | 57.44% | 22 | Wendell Willkie | Republican | 1,351,419 | 41.34% | – | 39,754 | 1.22% | – | 22 | |||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1,988,564 | 56.48% | 25 | Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 1,512,965 | 42.97% | – | 19,346 | 0.55% | – | 25 | |||
1948 | Harry S. Truman | Democratic | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | 25 | Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | – | 213,135 | 5.29% | – | 25 | |||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 3,035,587 | 56.83% | 32 | Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | 2,257,646 | 42.27% | – | 48,370 | 0.90% | – | 32 | |||
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 3,027,668 | 55.39% | 32 | Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | 2,420,135 | 44.27% | – | 18,552 | 0.34% | – | 32 | |||
1960 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 3,259,722 | 50.10% | 32 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 3,224,099 | 49.55% | – | 22,757 | 0.35% | – | 32 | |||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 4,171,877 | 59.11% | 40 | Barry Goldwater | Republican | 2,879,108 | 40.79% | – | 6,601 | 0.09% | – | 40 | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 3,467,664 | 47.82% | 40 | Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 3,244,318 | 44.74% | – | 539,605 | 7.44% | – | 40 | |||
1972 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 4,602,096 | 55.00% | 45 | George McGovern | Democratic | 3,475,847 | 41.54% | – | 289,919 | 3.47% | – | 45 | |||
1976 | Gerald Ford | Republican | 3,882,244 | 49.35% | 45 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 3,742,284 | 47.57% | – | 242,589 | 3.08% | – | 45 | |||
1980 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 4,524,858 | 52.69% | 45 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 3,083,661 | 35.91% | – | 978,544 | 11.40% | – | 45 | |||
1984 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 47 | Walter Mondale | Democratic | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | – | 115,895 | 1.22% | – | 47 | |||
1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 5,054,917 | 51.13% | 47 | Michael Dukakis | Democratic | 4,702,233 | 47.56% | – | 129,914 | 1.32% | – | 47 | |||
1992 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 5,121,325 | 46.01% | 54 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 3,630,574 | 32.61% | – | 2,379,822 | 21.38% | – | 54 | |||
1996 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | 54 | Bob Dole | Republican | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | – | 1,071,269 | 10.68% | – | 54 | |||
2000 | Al Gore | Democratic | 5,861,203 | 53.45% | 54 | George W. Bush | Republican | 4,567,429 | 41.65% | – | 537,224 | 4.91% | – | 54 | |||
2004 | John Kerry | Democratic | 6,745,485 | 54.31% | 55 | George W. Bush | Republican | 5,509,826 | 44.36% | – | 166,548 | 1.34% | – | 55 | |||
2008 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 8,274,473 | 61.01% | 55 | John McCain | Republican | 5,011,781 | 36.95% | – | 296,829 | 2.19% | – | 55 | |||
2012 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 7,854,285 | 60.24% | 55 | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,839,958 | 37.12% | – | 361,572 | 2.77% | – | 55 | |||
2016 | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 8,753,788 | 61.73% | 55 | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,483,810 | 31.62% | – | 1,005,843 | 7.06% | – | 55 | |||
2020 | Joe Biden | Democratic | 11,110,250 | 63.48% | 55 | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,006,429 | 34.32% | – | 384,192 | 2.20% | – | 55 | |||
2024 | Kamala Harris | Democratic | 9,276,179 | 58.47% | 54 | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,081,697 | 38.33% | – | 507,599 | 3.20% | – | 54 | |||
Year | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | EV | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | TEV | Sources | ||
Winner | Runner-up | Other |
Results Maps
- 1976 United States presidential election
- 1980 United States presidential election
- 1984 United States presidential election
- 1988 United States presidential election
- 1992 United States presidential election
- 1996 United States presidential election
- 2000 United States presidential election
- 2004 United States presidential election
- 2008 United States presidential election
- 2012 United States presidential election
- 2016 United States presidential election
- 2020 United States presidential election
- 2024 United States presidential election
See also
- Elections in California
- List of United States Senate elections in California
Notes
- Abraham Lincoln, 1864; Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
- In 1856, Republican candidate John C. Frémont won 20,704 votes (18.78%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1860, Southern Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge won 33,969 votes (28.35%), and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell won 9,111 votes (7.60%) in California but neither received an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1892, Populist candidate James B. Weaver won 25,311 votes (9.39%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1904, Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs won 29,535 votes (8.90%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1908, Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs won 28,659 votes (7.41%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1912, Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs won 79,201 votes (11.68%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1920, Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs won 64,076 votes (6.79%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1924, Democratic candidate John W. Davis won 105,514 votes (8.23%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1968, American Independent candidate George Wallace won 487,270 votes (6.72%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1980, Independent candidate John B. Anderson won 739,833 votes (8.72%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1992, Independent candidate Ross Perot won 2,296,006 votes (20.63%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
- In 1996, Reform candidate Ross Perot won 697,847 votes (6.96%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.
References
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Since being admitted to the Union on September 9 1850 California has participated in 43 presidential elections A bellwether from 1888 to 1996 voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992 Presidential elections in CaliforniaNumber of elections44Voted Democratic20Voted Republican22Voted other2Voted for winning candidate35Voted for losing candidate9ListGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension which will be known as the Chart extension can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Bold indicates the presidential candidate who won the national election Year Winner Runner up Other TEV Sources Candidate Party Votes EV Candidate Party Votes EV Votes EV 1852 Franklin Pierce Democratic 40 721 53 02 4 Winfield Scott Whig 35 972 46 83 117 0 15 4 1856 James Buchanan Democratic 53 342 48 38 4 Millard Fillmore Know Nothing 36 195 32 83 20 718 18 79 4 1860 Abraham Lincoln Republican 38 733 32 30 4 Stephen A Douglas Democratic 37 999 31 70 43 095 35 96 4 1864 Abraham Lincoln National Union 62 053 58 60 5 George B McClellan Democratic 43 837 41 40 5 1868 Ulysses S Grant Republican 54 588 50 20 5 Horatio Seymour Democratic 54 068 49 80 5 1872 Ulysses S Grant Republican 54 007 56 38 6 Horace Greeley Liberal Republican 40 717 42 51 1 061 1 11 6 1876 Rutherford B Hayes Republican 79 258 50 88 6 Samuel J Tilden Democratic 76 460 49 08 66 0 04 6 1880 Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic 80 426 48 98 5 James A Garfield Republican 80 282 48 89 1 3 510 2 14 6 1884 James G Blaine Republican 102 369 51 97 8 Grover Cleveland Democratic 89 288 45 33 5 331 2 71 8 1888 Benjamin Harrison Republican 124 816 49 66 8 Grover Cleveland Democratic 117 729 46 84 8 794 3 49 8 1892 Grover Cleveland Democratic 118 174 43 83 8 Benjamin Harrison Republican 118 027 43 78 1 33 408 12 39 9 1896 William McKinley Republican 146 688 49 16 8 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 144 766 48 51 1 6 965 2 33 9 1900 William McKinley Republican 164 755 54 50 9 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 124 985 41 34 13 264 4 38 9 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 205 226 61 84 10 Alton B Parker Democratic 89 404 26 94 37 248 11 22 10 1908 William Howard Taft Republican 214 398 55 46 10 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 127 492 32 98 44 707 11 56 10 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 283 610 41 83 11 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 283 436 41 81 2 110 898 16 36 13 1916 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 466 289 46 65 13 Charles Evans Hughes Republican 462 516 46 27 70 798 7 08 13 1920 Warren G Harding Republican 624 992 66 20 13 James M Cox Democratic 229 191 24 28 89 867 9 52 13 1924 Calvin Coolidge Republican 733 250 57 20 13 Robert M La Follette Socialist 424 649 33 13 124 001 9 67 13 1928 Herbert Hoover Republican 1 162 323 64 69 13 Al Smith Democratic 614 365 34 19 19 968 1 11 13 1932 Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic 1 324 157 58 39 22 Herbert Hoover Republican 847 902 37 39 95 907 4 22 22 1936 Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic 1 766 836 66 95 22 Alf Landon Republican 836 431 31 70 35 615 1 35 22 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic 1 877 618 57 44 22 Wendell Willkie Republican 1 351 419 41 34 39 754 1 22 22 1944 Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic 1 988 564 56 48 25 Thomas E Dewey Republican 1 512 965 42 97 19 346 0 55 25 1948 Harry S Truman Democratic 1 913 134 47 57 25 Thomas E Dewey Republican 1 895 269 47 13 213 135 5 29 25 1952 Dwight D Eisenhower Republican 3 035 587 56 83 32 Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 2 257 646 42 27 48 370 0 90 32 1956 Dwight D Eisenhower Republican 3 027 668 55 39 32 Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 2 420 135 44 27 18 552 0 34 32 1960 Richard Nixon Republican 3 259 722 50 10 32 John F Kennedy Democratic 3 224 099 49 55 22 757 0 35 32 1964 Lyndon B Johnson Democratic 4 171 877 59 11 40 Barry Goldwater Republican 2 879 108 40 79 6 601 0 09 40 1968 Richard Nixon Republican 3 467 664 47 82 40 Hubert Humphrey Democratic 3 244 318 44 74 539 605 7 44 40 1972 Richard Nixon Republican 4 602 096 55 00 45 George McGovern Democratic 3 475 847 41 54 289 919 3 47 45 1976 Gerald Ford Republican 3 882 244 49 35 45 Jimmy Carter Democratic 3 742 284 47 57 242 589 3 08 45 1980 Ronald Reagan Republican 4 524 858 52 69 45 Jimmy Carter Democratic 3 083 661 35 91 978 544 11 40 45 1984 Ronald Reagan Republican 5 467 009 57 51 47 Walter Mondale Democratic 3 922 519 41 27 115 895 1 22 47 1988 George H W Bush Republican 5 054 917 51 13 47 Michael Dukakis Democratic 4 702 233 47 56 129 914 1 32 47 1992 Bill Clinton Democratic 5 121 325 46 01 54 George H W Bush Republican 3 630 574 32 61 2 379 822 21 38 54 1996 Bill Clinton Democratic 5 119 835 51 10 54 Bob Dole Republican 3 828 380 38 21 1 071 269 10 68 54 2000 Al Gore Democratic 5 861 203 53 45 54 George W Bush Republican 4 567 429 41 65 537 224 4 91 54 2004 John Kerry Democratic 6 745 485 54 31 55 George W Bush Republican 5 509 826 44 36 166 548 1 34 55 2008 Barack Obama Democratic 8 274 473 61 01 55 John McCain Republican 5 011 781 36 95 296 829 2 19 55 2012 Barack Obama Democratic 7 854 285 60 24 55 Mitt Romney Republican 4 839 958 37 12 361 572 2 77 55 2016 Hillary Clinton Democratic 8 753 788 61 73 55 Donald Trump Republican 4 483 810 31 62 1 005 843 7 06 55 2020 Joe Biden Democratic 11 110 250 63 48 55 Donald Trump Republican 6 006 429 34 32 384 192 2 20 55 2024 Kamala Harris Democratic 9 276 179 58 47 54 Donald Trump Republican 6 081 697 38 33 507 599 3 20 54 Year Candidate Party Votes EV Candidate Party Votes EV Votes EV TEV Sources Winner Runner up OtherResults Maps1976 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election 1988 United States presidential election 1992 United States presidential election 1996 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election 2008 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election 2016 United States presidential election 2020 United States presidential election 2024 United States presidential electionSee alsoElections in California List of United States Senate elections in CaliforniaNotesAbraham Lincoln 1864 Theodore Roosevelt 1912 In 1856 Republican candidate John C Fremont won 20 704 votes 18 78 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1860 Southern Democratic candidate John C Breckinridge won 33 969 votes 28 35 and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell won 9 111 votes 7 60 in California but neither received an electoral vote from the state In 1892 Populist candidate James B Weaver won 25 311 votes 9 39 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1904 Socialist candidate Eugene V Debs won 29 535 votes 8 90 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1908 Socialist candidate Eugene V Debs won 28 659 votes 7 41 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1912 Socialist candidate Eugene V Debs won 79 201 votes 11 68 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1920 Socialist candidate Eugene V Debs won 64 076 votes 6 79 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1924 Democratic candidate John W Davis won 105 514 votes 8 23 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1968 American Independent candidate George Wallace won 487 270 votes 6 72 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1980 Independent candidate John B Anderson won 739 833 votes 8 72 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1992 Independent candidate Ross Perot won 2 296 006 votes 20 63 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state In 1996 Reform candidate Ross Perot won 697 847 votes 6 96 in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state ReferencesLeip Dave 1852 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1856 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1860 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1864 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1868 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1872 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1876 Presidential General Election Results California Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved December 1 2020 Leip Dave 1880 Presidential General Election Results California Dave 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