United States presidential elections in California

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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.

Number of elections44
Voted Democratic20
Voted Republican22
Voted other2[a]
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Presidential elections in California
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Number of elections44
Voted Democratic20
Voted Republican22
Voted other2[a]
Voted for winning candidate35
Voted for losing candidate9
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1852 Franklin Pierce Democratic 40,721 53.02% 4 Winfield Scott Whig 35,972 46.83% – 117 0.15% – 4 [1]
1856 James Buchanan Democratic 53,342 48.38% 4 Millard Fillmore Know Nothing 36,195 32.83% – 20,718 18.79% – 4 [2][b]
1860 Abraham Lincoln Republican 38,733 32.30% 4 Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 37,999 31.70% – 43,095 35.96% – 4 [3][c]
1864 Abraham Lincoln National Union 62,053 58.60% 5 George B. McClellan Democratic 43,837 41.40% – – – – 5 [4]
1868 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 54,588 50.20% 5 Horatio Seymour Democratic 54,068 49.80% – – – – 5 [5]
1872 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 54,007 56.38% 6 Horace Greeley Liberal Republican 40,717 42.51% – 1,061 1.11% – 6 [6]
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 79,258 50.88% 6 Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 76,460 49.08% – 66 0.04% – 6 [7]
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic 80,426 48.98% 5 James A. Garfield Republican 80,282 48.89% 1 3,510 2.14% – 6 [8]
1884 James G. Blaine Republican 102,369 51.97% 8 Grover Cleveland Democratic 89,288 45.33% – 5,331 2.71% – 8 [9]
1888 Benjamin Harrison Republican 124,816 49.66% 8 Grover Cleveland Democratic 117,729 46.84% – 8,794 3.49% – 8 [10]
1892 Grover Cleveland Democratic 118,174 43.83% 8 Benjamin Harrison Republican 118,027 43.78% 1 33,408 12.39% – 9 [11][d]
1896 William McKinley Republican 146,688 49.16% 8 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 144,766 48.51% 1 6,965 2.33% – 9 [12]
1900 William McKinley Republican 164,755 54.50% 9 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 124,985 41.34% – 13,264 4.38% – 9 [13]
1904 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 205,226 61.84% 10 Alton B. Parker Democratic 89,404 26.94% – 37,248 11.22% – 10 [14][e]
1908 William Howard Taft Republican 214,398 55.46% 10 William Jennings Bryan Democratic 127,492 32.98% – 44,707 11.56% – 10 [15][f]
1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 283,610 41.83% 11 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 283,436 41.81% 2 110,898 16.36% – 13 [16][g]
1916 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 466,289 46.65% 13 Charles Evans Hughes Republican 462,516 46.27% – 70,798 7.08% – 13 [17]
1920 Warren G. Harding Republican 624,992 66.20% 13 James M. Cox Democratic 229,191 24.28% – 89,867 9.52% – 13 [18][h]
1924 Calvin Coolidge Republican 733,250 57.20% 13 Robert M. La Follette Socialist 424,649 33.13% – 124,001 9.67% – 13 [19][i]
1928 Herbert Hoover Republican 1,162,323 64.69% 13 Al Smith Democratic 614,365 34.19% – 19,968 1.11% – 13 [20]
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 1,324,157 58.39% 22 Herbert Hoover Republican 847,902 37.39% – 95,907 4.22% – 22 [21]
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 1,766,836 66.95% 22 Alf Landon Republican 836,431 31.70% – 35,615 1.35% – 22 [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 [23]
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 [24]
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 [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 [26]
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 [27]
1960 Richard Nixon Republican 3,259,722 50.10% 32 John F. Kennedy Democratic 3,224,099 49.55% – 22,757 0.35% – 32 [28]
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic 4,171,877 59.11% 40 Barry Goldwater Republican 2,879,108 40.79% – 6,601 0.09% – 40 [29]
1968 Richard Nixon Republican 3,467,664 47.82% 40 Hubert Humphrey Democratic 3,244,318 44.74% – 539,605 7.44% – 40 [30][j]
1972 Richard Nixon Republican 4,602,096 55.00% 45 George McGovern Democratic 3,475,847 41.54% – 289,919 3.47% – 45 [31]
1976 Gerald Ford Republican 3,882,244 49.35% 45 Jimmy Carter Democratic 3,742,284 47.57% – 242,589 3.08% – 45 [32]
1980 Ronald Reagan Republican 4,524,858 52.69% 45 Jimmy Carter Democratic 3,083,661 35.91% – 978,544 11.40% – 45 [33][k]
1984 Ronald Reagan Republican 5,467,009 57.51% 47 Walter Mondale Democratic 3,922,519 41.27% – 115,895 1.22% – 47 [34]
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 [35]
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 [36][l]
1996 Bill Clinton Democratic 5,119,835 51.10% 54 Bob Dole Republican 3,828,380 38.21% – 1,071,269 10.68% – 54 [37][m]
2000 Al Gore Democratic 5,861,203 53.45% 54 George W. Bush Republican 4,567,429 41.65% – 537,224 4.91% – 54 [38]
2004 John Kerry Democratic 6,745,485 54.31% 55 George W. Bush Republican 5,509,826 44.36% – 166,548 1.34% – 55 [39]
2008 Barack Obama Democratic 8,274,473 61.01% 55 John McCain Republican 5,011,781 36.95% – 296,829 2.19% – 55 [40]
2012 Barack Obama Democratic 7,854,285 60.24% 55 Mitt Romney Republican 4,839,958 37.12% – 361,572 2.77% – 55 [41]
2016 Hillary Clinton Democratic 8,753,788 61.73% 55 Donald Trump Republican 4,483,810 31.62% – 1,005,843 7.06% – 55 [42]
2020 Joe Biden Democratic 11,110,250 63.48% 55 Donald Trump Republican 6,006,429 34.32% – 384,192 2.20% – 55 [43]
2024 Kamala Harris Democratic 9,276,179 58.47% 54 Donald Trump Republican 6,081,697 38.33% – 507,599 3.20% – 54 [44]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Abraham Lincoln, 1864; Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
  2. [b]
    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.[2]
  3. [c]
    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.[3]
  4. [d]
    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.[11]
  5. [e]
    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.[14]
  6. [f]
    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.[15]
  7. [g]
    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.[16]
  8. [h]
    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.[18]
  9. [i]
    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.[19]
  10. [j]
    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.[30]
  11. [k]
    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.[33]
  12. [l]
    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.[36]
  13. [m]
    In 1996, Reform candidate Ross Perot won 697,847 votes (6.96%) in California but did not receive an electoral vote from the state.[37]

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