| Year | Turnout  | Winner | Runner-Up |
Other | Total Votes |
Diff
(US) | PUSV |
|---|
| 2020 |
56% |
Joe Biden (D) |
5,425,165 |
63.2% |
Donald Trump* (R) |
3,044,728 |
35.5% |
114,836 [+] |
1.3% |
8,584,729 |
-11 |
5.41% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2020:
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 43,957 (0.5%);
|
| 2016 |
49% |
Hillary Clinton (D) |
4,743,131 |
62.8% |
Donald Trump (R) |
2,546,838 |
33.7% |
266,332 [+] |
3.5% |
7,556,301 |
-12 |
5.51% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2016:
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 115,999 (1.5%);
Jill Stein (Grn) 85,991 (1.1%);
Evan McMullin (I) 4,119 (0.1%);
|
| 2012 |
46% |
Barack Obama* (D) |
4,451,700 |
65.2% |
Mitt Romney (R) |
2,297,769 |
33.7% |
77,383 [+] |
1.1% |
6,826,852 |
-14 |
5.28% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2012:
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 34,324 (0.5%);
|
| 2008 |
51% |
Barack Obama (D) |
4,704,789 |
64.1% |
John McCain (R) |
2,565,181 |
35.0% |
65,822 [+] |
0.9% |
7,335,792 |
-11 |
5.58% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2008:
Ralph Nader (I) 28,779 (0.4%);
Bob Barr (Lbt) 13,127 (0.2%);
|
| 2004 |
49% |
John Kerry (D) |
4,157,215 |
60.2% |
George W. Bush* (R) |
2,677,455 |
38.8% |
73,346 [+] |
1.1% |
6,908,016 |
-12 |
5.65% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2004:
Ralph Nader (I) 58,449 (0.8%);
|
| 2000 |
45% |
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) |
3,954,868 |
63.5% |
George W. Bush (R) |
2,035,657 |
32.7% |
237,419 [+] |
3.8% |
6,227,944 |
-15 |
5.91% |
| [-] Other candidates in 2000:
Ralph Nader (Grn) 191,785 (3.1%);
Pat Buchanan (Ref) 19,068 (0.3%);
|
| 1996 |
43% |
Bill Clinton* (D) |
3,564,931 |
61.8% |
Robert Dole (R) |
1,737,312 |
30.1% |
469,990 [+] |
8.1% |
5,772,233 |
-11 |
6.00% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1996:
Ross Perot (Ref) 357,373 (6.2%);
Ralph Nader (Grn) 71,214 (1.2%);
Harry Browne (Lbt) 14,203 (0.2%);
|
| 1992 |
48% |
Bill Clinton (D) |
3,264,074 |
51.8% |
George Bush* (R) |
2,246,665 |
35.6% |
793,732 [+] |
12.6% |
6,304,471 |
-2 |
6.04% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1992:
Ross Perot (I) 747,568 (11.9%);
|
| 1988 |
47% |
Michael Dukakis (D) |
2,994,589 |
50.2% |
George Bush (R) |
2,908,752 |
48.8% |
61,955 [+] |
1.0% |
5,965,296 |
-5 |
6.51% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1988:
Ron Paul (Lbt) 10,233 (0.2%);
|
| 1984 |
51% |
Ronald Reagan* (R) |
3,373,076 |
53.5% |
Walter Mondale (D) |
2,899,937 |
46.0% |
31,835 |
0.5% |
6,304,848 |
-5 |
6.80% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1984:
|
| 1980 |
47% |
Ronald Reagan (R) |
2,774,769 |
48.6% |
Jimmy Carter* (D) |
2,428,448 |
42.6% |
502,134 [+] |
8.8% |
5,705,351 |
-2 |
6.60% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1980:
John Anderson (I) 406,496 (7.1%);
Edward Clark (Lbt) 34,043 (0.6%);
|
| 1976 |
50% |
Jimmy Carter (D) |
3,220,536 |
53.4% |
Gerald Ford* (R) |
2,737,052 |
45.4% |
69,827 [+] |
1.2% |
6,027,415 |
-3 |
7.39% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1976:
Eugene McCarthy (I) 23,170 (0.4%);
|
| 1972 |
54% |
Richard Nixon* (R) |
3,787,227 |
57.5% |
George McGovern (D) |
2,751,142 |
41.8% |
50,403 [+] |
0.8% |
6,588,772 |
-3 |
8.47% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1972:
John Schmitz (Amer) 26,173 (0.4%);
|
| 1968 |
57% |
Hubert Humphrey (D) |
3,158,513 |
49.9% |
Richard Nixon (R) |
2,728,498 |
43.1% |
445,528 [+] |
7.0% |
6,332,539 |
0 |
8.65% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1968:
George Wallace (AIP) 392,408 (6.2%);
|
| 1964 |
62% |
Lyndon Johnson* (D) |
4,473,157 |
67.6% |
Barry Goldwater (R) |
2,128,092 |
32.1% |
20,024 |
0.3% |
6,621,273 |
-6 |
9.37% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1964:
|
| 1960 |
64% |
John Kennedy (D) |
3,567,630 |
54.4% |
Richard Nixon (R) |
2,959,865 |
45.1% |
34,443 |
0.5% |
6,561,938 |
-4 |
9.53% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1960:
|
| 1956 |
61% |
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) |
3,695,269 |
58.7% |
Adlai Stevenson (D) |
2,569,454 |
40.8% |
26,240 |
0.4% |
6,290,963 |
1 |
10.14% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1956:
|
| 1952 |
64% |
Dwight Eisenhower (R) |
3,287,064 |
52.2% |
Adlai Stevenson (D) |
2,912,530 |
46.3% |
92,632 |
1.5% |
6,292,226 |
-3 |
10.19% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1952:
|
| 1948 |
59% |
Harry Truman* (D) |
2,487,110 |
46.2% |
Thomas Dewey (R) |
2,348,727 |
43.6% |
551,957 [+] |
10.2% |
5,387,794 |
-2 |
11.04% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1948:
Henry Wallace (Prog) 486,377 (9.0%);
Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
|
| 1944 |
63% |
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) |
3,016,499 |
54.6% |
Thomas Dewey (R) |
2,480,307 |
44.9% |
31,779 |
0.6% |
5,528,585 |
-1 |
11.52% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1944:
|
| 1940 |
64% |
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) |
2,952,254 |
54.6% |
Wendell Willkie (R) |
2,418,033 |
44.7% |
38,909 |
0.7% |
5,409,196 |
0 |
10.84% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1940:
|
| 1936 |
62% |
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) |
3,104,558 |
65.8% |
Alf Landon (R) |
1,522,195 |
32.2% |
93,908 [+] |
2.0% |
4,720,661 |
-4 |
10.34% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1936:
Norman Thomas (Soc) 51,489 (1.1%);
William Lemke (Union) 7,620 (0.2%);
|
| 1932 |
53% |
Franklin Roosevelt (D) |
2,300,132 |
58.9% |
Herbert Hoover* (R) |
1,402,078 |
35.9% |
200,966 [+] |
5.1% |
3,903,176 |
-4 |
9.82% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1932:
Norman Thomas (Soc) 165,651 (4.2%);
|
| 1928 |
52% |
Al Smith (D) |
1,822,059 |
51.9% |
Herbert Hoover (R) |
1,611,407 |
45.9% |
78,449 [+] |
2.2% |
3,511,915 |
-12 |
9.54% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1928:
Norman Thomas (Soc) 64,398 (1.8%);
|
| 1924 |
41% |
Calvin Coolidge (R) |
1,295,523 |
52.1% |
John Davis (D) |
783,460 |
31.5% |
408,072 [+] |
16.4% |
2,487,055 |
-2 |
8.55% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1924:
Robert LaFollette (Prog) 397,109 (16.0%);
|
| 1920 |
39% |
Warren Harding (R) |
1,394,597 |
64.4% |
James Cox (D) |
585,861 |
27.0% |
185,422 [+] |
8.6% |
2,165,880 |
4 |
8.09% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1920:
Eugene Debs (Soc) 161,273 (7.4%);
Parley Christiansen (FL) 16,693 (0.8%);
Aaron Watkins (Proh) 4,107 (0.2%);
|
| 1916 |
23% |
Charles Evans Hughes (R) |
577,963 |
49.0% |
Woodrow Wilson* (D) |
554,522 |
47.1% |
45,965 [+] |
3.9% |
1,178,450 |
3 |
6.36% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1916:
Allan Benson (Soc) 41,088 (3.5%);
James Hanly (Proh) 2,735 (0.2%);
|
| 1912 |
23% |
Woodrow Wilson (D) |
487,916 |
44.9% |
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) |
328,729 |
30.3% |
269,477 [+] |
24.8% |
1,086,122 |
-3 |
7.22% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1912:
William Taft* (R) 215,514 (19.8%);
Eugene Debs (Soc) 47,662 (4.4%);
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 3,478 (0.3%);
|
| 1908 |
25% |
William Taft (R) |
549,633 |
51.0% |
William J. Bryan (D) |
453,538 |
42.1% |
75,285 [+] |
7.0% |
1,078,456 |
-1 |
7.24% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1908:
Eugene Debs (Soc) 35,133 (3.3%);
Thomas Hisgen (I) 32,724 (3.0%);
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,371 (0.4%);
|
| 1904 |
28% |
Theodore Roosevelt (R) |
512,555 |
48.5% |
Alton Parker (D) |
487,727 |
46.2% |
55,651 [+] |
5.3% |
1,055,933 |
-8 |
7.81% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1904:
Eugene Debs (Soc) 33,641 (3.2%);
Thomas Watson (Pop) 8,416 (0.8%);
Silas Swallow (Proh) 5,670 (0.5%);
|
| 1900 |
30% |
William McKinley* (R) |
481,980 |
49.2% |
William J. Bryan (D) |
468,053 |
47.8% |
29,389 [+] |
3.0% |
979,422 |
-2 |
7.01% |
| [-] Other candidates in 1900:
Eugene Debs (Soc) 9,613 (1.0%);
John Woolley (Proh) 2,671 (0.3%);
|
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, 
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