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.

Presidential elections in California
No. of elections42
Voted Democratic17
Voted Republican24
Voted other1[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate32
Voted for losing candidate10

"Y" indicates the national winner, while "N" indicates national losers.

Year Winner (state election) Loser (state election) EV Notes
Candidate Party Votes Percent Candidate Party Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]		 Votes Percent
1852 YPierce Democratic 40,721 53.02% NScott Whig 35,972 46.83% NHale 61 0.08% 4 —
1856 YBuchanan Democratic 53,342 48.38% NFrémont Republican 20,704 18.78% NFillmore 36,195 32.83% 4 —
1860 YLincoln Republican 38,733 32.30% NDouglas Democratic 37,999 31.70% NBreckinridge[lower-alpha 3] 33,969 28.40% 4 —
1864 YLincoln Republican 62,053 58.60% NMcClellan Democratic 43,837 41.40% — — — 5 —
1868 YGrant Republican 54,588 50.20% NSeymour Democratic 54,068 49.80% — — — 5 —
1872 YGrant Republican 54,007 56.38% NGreeley Democratic 40,717 42.51% — — — 6 —
1876 YHayes[lower-alpha 4] Republican 79,258 50.88% NTilden Democratic 76,460 49.08% — — — 6 —
1880 NHancock Democratic 80,426 48.98% YGarfield Republican 80,282 48.89% NWeaver 3,381 2.06% 6 Electoral vote split 5 to 1.
1884 NBlaine Republican 102,369 51.97% YCleveland Democratic 89,288 45.33% — — — 8 —
1888 YHarrison[lower-alpha 4] Republican 124,816 49.66% NCleveland Democratic 117,729 46.84% — — — 8 —
1892 YCleveland Democratic 118,174 43.83% NHarrison Republican 118,027 43.78% NWeaver 25,311 9.39% 8 Electoral vote split 8 to 1.
1896 YMcKinley Republican 146,688 49.16% NBryan Democratic 144,766 48.51% — — — 8 Electoral vote split 8 to 1.
1900 YMcKinley Republican 164,755 54.50% NBryan Democratic 124,985 41.34% — — — 9 —
1904 YT Roosevelt Republican 205,226 61.84% NParker Democratic 89,404 26.94% — — — 10 —
1908 YTaft Republican 214,398 55.46% NBryan Democratic 127,492 32.98% — — — 10 —
1912 NT Roosevelt Progressive 283,610 41.83% YWilson Democratic 283,436 41.81% NTaft 3,914 0.58% 13 electoral votes split: 11 to Roosevelt, 2 to Wilson.
1916 YWilson Democratic 466,289 46.65% NHughes Republican 462,516 46.27% — — — 13 —
1920 YHarding Republican 624,992 66.20% NCox Democratic 229,191 24.28% NChristensen — — 13 —
1924 YCoolidge Republican 733,250 57.20% NDavis Democratic 105,514 8.23% NLa Follette 424,649 33.13% 13 —
1928 YHoover Republican 1,162,323 64.69% NSmith Democratic 614,365 34.19% — — — 13 —
1932 YF Roosevelt Democratic 1,324,157 58.39% NHoover Republican 847,902 37.39% — — — 22 —
1936 YF Roosevelt Democratic 1,766,836 66.95% NLandon Republican 836,431 31.70% — — — 22 —
1940 YF Roosevelt Democratic 1,877,618 57.44% NWillkie Republican 1,351,419 41.34% — — — 22 —
1944 YF Roosevelt Democratic 1,988,564 56.48% NDewey Republican 1,512,965 42.97% — — — 25 —
1948 YTruman Democratic 1,913,134 47.57% NDewey Republican 1,895,269 47.13% NThurmond 1,228 0.03% 25 —
1952 YEisenhower Republican 3,035,587 56.83% NStevenson Democratic 2,257,646 42.27% — — — 32 —
1956 YEisenhower Republican 3,027,668 55.39% NStevenson Democratic 2,420,135 44.27% NAndrews / Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 5] 6,087 0.11% 32 —
1960 NNixon Republican 3,259,722 50.10% YKennedy Democratic 3,224,099 49.55% — — — 32 —
1964 YJohnson Democratic 4,171,877 59.11% NGoldwater Republican 2,879,108 40.79% — — — 40 —
1968 YNixon Republican 3,467,664 47.82% NHumphrey Democratic 3,244,318 44.74% NWallace 487,270 6.72% 40 —
1972 YNixon Republican 4,602,096 55.00% NMcGovern Democratic 3,475,847 41.54% — — — 45 —
1976 NFord Republican 3,882,244 49.35% YCarter Democratic 3,742,284 47.57% — — — 45 —
1980 YReagan Republican 4,524,858 52.69% NCarter Democratic 3,083,661 35.91% NAnderson 739,833 8.62% 45 —
1984 YReagan Republican 5,467,009 57.51% NMondale Democratic 3,922,519 41.27% — — — 47 —
1988 YBush Sr Republican 5,054,917 51.13% NDukakis Democratic 4,702,233 47.56% — — — 47 —
1992 YB Clinton Democratic 5,121,325 46.01% NBush Republican 3,630,574 32.61% NPerot 2,296,006 20.63% 54 —
1996 YB Clinton Democratic 5,119,835 51.10% NDole Republican 3,828,380 38.21% NPerot 697,847 6.96% 54 —
2000 NGore Democratic 5,861,203 53.45% YBush Republican 4,567,429 41.65% — — — 54 —
2004 NKerry Democratic 6,745,485 54.31% YBush[lower-alpha 4] Republican 5,509,826 44.36% — — — 55 —
2008[1] YObama Democratic 8,274,473 61.01% NMcCain Republican 5,011,781 36.95% — — — 55 —
2012[2] YObama Democratic 7,854,285 60.24% NRomney Republican 4,839,958 37.12% — — — 55 —
2016[3] NH Clinton Democratic 8,753,792 61.73% YTrump[lower-alpha 4] Republican 4,483,814 31.62% — — — 55 —
2020TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD — — — 55 —

Notes
  1. Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
  2. 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.
  3. John Bell also received 9,111 votes for 7.60%.
  4. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  5. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References
  1. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  2. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
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