United States presidential elections in California

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.

List

Bold indicates the presidential candidate who won the national election.

scope="col" rowspan="2" Winner Runner-up Other scope="col" rowspan="2" style="border-left:3px solid darkgray;" class="unsortable" rowspan="2" Candidate Party Votes % data-sort-type="number" scope="col" Candidate Party Votes % data-sort-type="number" scope="col" Votes % data-sort-type="number" scope="col" 1852 Democratic 40,721 53.02% 4 Whig 35,972 46.83% – 117 0.15% – 4 1856 Democratic 53,342 48.38% 4 Know Nothing 36,195 32.83% – 20,718 18.79% – 4 1860 Republican 38,733 32.30% 4 Democratic 37,999 31.70% – 43,095 35.96% – 4 1864 National Union 62,053 58.60% 5 Democratic 43,837 41.40% – – – – 5 1868 Republican 54,588 50.20% 5 Democratic 54,068 49.80% – – – – 5 1872 Republican 54,007 56.38% 6 Liberal Republican 40,717 42.51% – 1,061 1.11% – 6 1876 Republican 79,258 50.88% 6 Democratic 76,460 49.08% – 66 0.04% – 6 1880 Democratic 80,426 48.98% 5 Republican 80,282 48.89% 1 3,510 2.14% – 6 1884 Republican 102,369 51.97% 8 Democratic 89,288 45.33% – 5,331 2.71% – 8 1888 Republican 124,816 49.66% 8 Democratic 117,729 46.84% – 8,794 3.49% – 8 1892 Democratic 118,174 43.83% 8 Republican 118,027 43.78% 1 33,408 12.39% – 9 1896 Republican 146,688 49.16% 8 Democratic 144,766 48.51% 1 6,965 2.33% – 9 1900 Republican 164,755 54.50% 9 Democratic 124,985 41.34% – 13,264 4.38% – 9 1904 Republican 205,226 61.84% 10 Democratic 89,404 26.94% – 37,248 11.22% – 10 1908 Republican 214,398 55.46% 10 Democratic 127,492 32.98% – 44,707 11.56% – 10 1912 Progressive 283,610 41.83% 11 Democratic 283,436 41.81% 2 110,898 16.36% – 13 1916 Democratic 466,289 46.65% 13 Republican 462,516 46.27% – 70,798 7.08% – 13 1920 Republican 624,992 66.20% 13 Democratic 229,191 24.28% – 89,867 9.52% – 13 1924 Republican 733,250 57.20% 13 Socialist 424,649 33.13% – 124,001 9.67% – 13 1928 Republican 1,162,323 64.69% 13 Democratic 614,365 34.19% – 19,968 1.11% – 13 1932 Democratic 1,324,157 58.39% 22 Republican 847,902 37.39% – 95,907 4.22% – 22 1936 Democratic 1,766,836 66.95% 22 Republican 836,431 31.70% – 35,615 1.35% – 22 1940 Democratic 1,877,618 57.44% 22 Republican 1,351,419 41.34% – 39,754 1.22% – 22 1944 Democratic 1,988,564 56.48% 25 Republican 1,512,965 42.97% – 19,346 0.55% – 25 1948 Democratic 1,913,134 47.57% 25 Republican 1,895,269 47.13% – 213,135 5.29% – 25 1952 Republican 3,035,587 56.83% 32 Democratic 2,257,646 42.27% – 48,370 0.90% – 32 1956 Republican 3,027,668 55.39% 32 Democratic 2,420,135 44.27% – 18,552 0.34% – 32 1960 Republican 3,259,722 50.10% 32 Democratic 3,224,099 49.55% – 22,757 0.35% – 32 1964 Democratic 4,171,877 59.11% 40 Republican 2,879,108 40.79% – 6,601 0.09% – 40 1968 Republican 3,467,664 47.82% 40 Democratic 3,244,318 44.74% – 539,605 7.44% – 40 1972 Republican 4,602,096 55.00% 45 Democratic 3,475,847 41.54% – 289,919 3.47% – 45 1976 Republican 3,882,244 49.35% 45 Democratic 3,742,284 47.57% – 242,589 3.08% – 45 1980 Republican 4,524,858 52.69% 45 Democratic 3,083,661 35.91% – 978,544 11.40% – 45 1984 Republican 5,467,009 57.51% 47 Democratic 3,922,519 41.27% – 115,895 1.22% – 47 1988 Republican 5,054,917 51.13% 47 Democratic 4,702,233 47.56% – 129,914 1.32% – 47 1992 Democratic 5,121,325 46.01% 54 Republican 3,630,574 32.61% – 2,379,822 21.38% – 54 1996 Democratic 5,119,835 51.10% 54 Republican 3,828,380 38.21% – 1,071,269 10.68% – 54 2000 Democratic 5,861,203 53.45% 54 Republican 4,567,429 41.65% – 537,224 4.91% – 54 2004 Democratic 6,745,485 54.31% 55 Republican 5,509,826 44.36% – 166,548 1.34% – 55 2008 Democratic 8,274,473 61.01% 55 Republican 5,011,781 36.95% – 296,829 2.19% – 55 2012 Democratic 7,854,285 60.24% 55 Republican 4,839,958 37.12% – 361,572 2.77% – 55 2016 Democratic 8,753,788 61.73% 55 Republican 4,483,810 31.62% – 1,005,843 7.06% – 55 2020 Democratic 11,110,250 63.48% 55 Republican 6,006,429 34.32% – 384,192 2.20% – 55 2024 Democratic 9,276,179 58.47% 54 Republican 6,081,697 38.33% – 507,599 3.20% – 54 rowspan="2" Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes % rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Winner Runner-up Other

Results maps

See also Elections in California List of United States Senate elections in California

Notes

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