United States presidential elections in California
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in California. Since its admission to statehood in 1850, California has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
No. of elections | 42 |
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Voted Democratic | 17 |
Voted Republican | 24 |
Voted other | 1[lower-alpha 1] |
Voted for winning candidate | 32 |
Voted for losing candidate | 10 |
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Year | Winner (state election) | Loser (state election) | EV | Notes | |||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[lower-alpha 2] |
Votes | Percent | |||
1852 | Democratic | 40,721 | 53.02% | Whig | 35,972 | 46.83% | 61 | 0.08% | 4 | — | |||
1856 | Democratic | 53,342 | 48.38% | Republican | 20,704 | 18.78% | 36,195 | 32.83% | 4 | — | |||
1860 | Republican | 38,733 | 32.30% | Democratic | 37,999 | 31.70% | 33,969 | 28.40% | 4 | — | |||
1864 | Republican | 62,053 | 58.60% | Democratic | 43,837 | 41.40% | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
1868 | Republican | 54,588 | 50.20% | Democratic | 54,068 | 49.80% | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
1872 | Republican | 54,007 | 56.38% | Democratic | 40,717 | 42.51% | — | — | — | 6 | — | ||
1876 | Republican | 79,258 | 50.88% | Democratic | 76,460 | 49.08% | — | — | — | 6 | — | ||
1880 | Democratic | 80,426 | 48.98% | Republican | 80,282 | 48.89% | 3,381 | 2.06% | 6 | Electoral vote split 5 to 1. | |||
1884 | Republican | 102,369 | 51.97% | Democratic | 89,288 | 45.33% | — | — | — | 8 | — | ||
1888 | Republican | 124,816 | 49.66% | Democratic | 117,729 | 46.84% | — | — | — | 8 | — | ||
1892 | Democratic | 118,174 | 43.83% | Republican | 118,027 | 43.78% | 25,311 | 9.39% | 8 | Electoral vote split 8 to 1. | |||
1896 | Republican | 146,688 | 49.16% | Democratic | 144,766 | 48.51% | — | — | — | 8 | Electoral vote split 8 to 1. | ||
1900 | Republican | 164,755 | 54.50% | Democratic | 124,985 | 41.34% | — | — | — | 9 | — | ||
1904 | Republican | 205,226 | 61.84% | Democratic | 89,404 | 26.94% | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||
1908 | Republican | 214,398 | 55.46% | Democratic | 127,492 | 32.98% | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||
1912 | Progressive | 283,610 | 41.83% | Democratic | 283,436 | 41.81% | 3,914 | 0.58% | 13 | electoral votes split: 11 to Roosevelt, 2 to Wilson. | |||
1916 | Democratic | 466,289 | 46.65% | Republican | 462,516 | 46.27% | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
1920 | Republican | 624,992 | 66.20% | Democratic | 229,191 | 24.28% | — | — | 13 | — | |||
1924 | Republican | 733,250 | 57.20% | Democratic | 105,514 | 8.23% | 424,649 | 33.13% | 13 | — | |||
1928 | Republican | 1,162,323 | 64.69% | Democratic | 614,365 | 34.19% | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
1932 | Democratic | 1,324,157 | 58.39% | Republican | 847,902 | 37.39% | — | — | — | 22 | — | ||
1936 | Democratic | 1,766,836 | 66.95% | Republican | 836,431 | 31.70% | — | — | — | 22 | — | ||
1940 | Democratic | 1,877,618 | 57.44% | Republican | 1,351,419 | 41.34% | — | — | — | 22 | — | ||
1944 | Democratic | 1,988,564 | 56.48% | Republican | 1,512,965 | 42.97% | — | — | — | 25 | — | ||
1948 | Democratic | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | Republican | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | 1,228 | 0.03% | 25 | — | |||
1952 | Republican | 3,035,587 | 56.83% | Democratic | 2,257,646 | 42.27% | — | — | — | 32 | — | ||
1956 | Republican | 3,027,668 | 55.39% | Democratic | 2,420,135 | 44.27% | 6,087 | 0.11% | 32 | — | |||
1960 | Republican | 3,259,722 | 50.10% | Democratic | 3,224,099 | 49.55% | — | — | — | 32 | — | ||
1964 | Democratic | 4,171,877 | 59.11% | Republican | 2,879,108 | 40.79% | — | — | — | 40 | — | ||
1968 | Republican | 3,467,664 | 47.82% | Democratic | 3,244,318 | 44.74% | 487,270 | 6.72% | 40 | — | |||
1972 | Republican | 4,602,096 | 55.00% | Democratic | 3,475,847 | 41.54% | — | — | — | 45 | — | ||
1976 | Republican | 3,882,244 | 49.35% | Democratic | 3,742,284 | 47.57% | — | — | — | 45 | — | ||
1980 | Republican | 4,524,858 | 52.69% | Democratic | 3,083,661 | 35.91% | 739,833 | 8.62% | 45 | — | |||
1984 | Republican | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | Democratic | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | — | — | — | 47 | — | ||
1988 | Republican | 5,054,917 | 51.13% | Democratic | 4,702,233 | 47.56% | — | — | — | 47 | — | ||
1992 | Democratic | 5,121,325 | 46.01% | Republican | 3,630,574 | 32.61% | 2,296,006 | 20.63% | 54 | — | |||
1996 | Democratic | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | Republican | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | 697,847 | 6.96% | 54 | — | |||
2000 | Democratic | 5,861,203 | 53.45% | Republican | 4,567,429 | 41.65% | — | — | — | 54 | — | ||
2004 | Democratic | 6,745,485 | 54.31% | Republican | 5,509,826 | 44.36% | — | — | — | 55 | — | ||
2008[1] | Democratic | 8,274,473 | 61.01% | Republican | 5,011,781 | 36.95% | — | — | — | 55 | — | ||
2012[2] | Democratic | 7,854,285 | 60.24% | Republican | 4,839,958 | 37.12% | — | — | — | 55 | — | ||
2016[3] | Democratic | 8,753,792 | 61.73% | Republican | 4,483,814 | 31.62% | — | — | — | 55 | — | ||
2020 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | — | — | — | 55 | — |
Notes
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
- For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
- John Bell also received 9,111 votes for 7.60%.
- Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
- Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
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