2022 population: 282,013
( 12,376 from 2010
, 430 from 2020)
Land area: 3300.8 square miles
Population density: 85.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 189,364 | 67.15% | 1.2% |
Black: | 4,511 | 1.60% | 12.0% |
Indian: | 1,338 | 0.47% | 2.1% |
Asian: | 11,155 | 3.96% | 32.0% |
2+ races: | 7,676 | 2.72% | 23.1% |
Hispanic: | 67,969 | 24.10% | 21.4% |
Total non-White: | 92,649 | 32.85% | 18.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 5,387 | 9.5 |
Deaths: | 5,951 | 10.5 |
Net Migration: | -256 | -0.5 |
Net Immigration: | 303 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -2,332 | -0.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 14,708 | 5.5 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +11,272 | D +9,931 | D + 4.5% | |
D +21,203 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +7,469 | D +19,583 | D + 12.3% | |
D +27,052 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +6,381 | D +13,753 | D + 7.9% | |
D +20,134 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -4,891 | D +3,822 | D + 3.4% | |
D -1,069 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 69% | Joe Biden (D) | 88,310 | 55.3% | Donald Trump* (R) | 67,436 | 42.2% | 3,968 [+] | 2.5% | 159,714 | -5 | 0.10% |
2016 | 60% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 67,107 | 48.9% | Donald Trump (R) | 56,164 | 40.9% | 13,931 [+] | 10.2% | 137,202 | -5 | 0.10% |
2012 | 57% | Barack Obama* (D) | 61,258 | 48.6% | Mitt Romney (R) | 59,967 | 47.6% | 4,741 [+] | 3.8% | 125,966 | 0 | 0.10% |
2008 | 62% | Barack Obama (D) | 68,176 | 51.2% | John McCain (R) | 61,055 | 45.9% | 3,924 [+] | 2.9% | 133,155 | 0 | 0.10% |
2004 | 63% | George W. Bush* (R) | 67,995 | 52.7% | John Kerry (D) | 58,742 | 45.5% | 2,313 [+] | 1.8% | 129,050 | 2 | 0.11% |
2000 | 56% | George W. Bush (R) | 56,859 | 52.2% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 44,526 | 40.9% | 7,501 [+] | 6.9% | 108,886 | 4 | 0.10% |
1996 | 55% | Robert Dole (R) | 46,733 | 46.5% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 40,395 | 40.2% | 13,372 [+] | 13.3% | 100,500 | 6 | 0.10% |
1992 | 60% | Bill Clinton (D) | 40,136 | 38.4% | George Bush* (R) | 36,384 | 34.8% | 28,099 [+] | 26.9% | 104,619 | -3 | 0.10% |
1988 | 52% | George Bush (R) | 46,613 | 55.8% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 35,667 | 42.7% | 1,187 [+] | 1.4% | 83,467 | 2 | 0.09% |
1984 | 55% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 49,035 | 63.7% | Walter Mondale (D) | 26,946 | 35.0% | 969 | 1.3% | 76,950 | 5 | 0.08% |
1980 | 57% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 38,631 | 55.6% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 20,508 | 29.5% | 10,388 [+] | 14.9% | 69,527 | 5 | 0.08% |
1976 | 55% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 27,785 | 51.2% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 24,926 | 45.9% | 1,587 [+] | 2.9% | 54,298 | 3 | 0.07% |
1972 | 61% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 28,566 | 56.0% | George McGovern (D) | 20,779 | 40.7% | 1,688 [+] | 3.3% | 51,033 | -5 | 0.07% |
1968 | 57% | Richard Nixon (R) | 19,420 | 51.3% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 15,828 | 41.8% | 2,633 [+] | 7.0% | 37,881 | 8 | 0.05% |
1964 | 62% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 22,252 | 59.8% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 14,906 | 40.1% | 28 | 0.1% | 37,186 | 2 | 0.05% |
1960 | 61% | Richard Nixon (R) | 17,862 | 54.0% | John Kennedy (D) | 14,975 | 45.3% | 218 | 0.7% | 33,055 | 4 | 0.05% |
1956 | 56% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 16,223 | 58.5% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 11,407 | 41.1% | 118 | 0.4% | 27,748 | 1 | 0.04% |
1952 | 66% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 17,716 | 65.4% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 9,174 | 33.8% | 213 | 0.8% | 27,103 | 10 | 0.04% |
1948 | 54% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 10,325 | 53.5% | Harry Truman* (D) | 8,135 | 42.1% | 844 [+] | 4.4% | 19,304 | 8 | 0.04% |
1944 | 53% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 8,068 | 50.6% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 7,793 | 48.9% | 75 | 0.5% | 15,936 | 3 | 0.03% |
1940 | 64% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 8,499 | 53.4% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 7,204 | 45.3% | 217 | 1.4% | 15,920 | 0 | 0.03% |
1936 | 56% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 7,889 | 61.1% | Alf Landon (R) | 4,812 | 37.3% | 205 [+] | 1.6% | 12,906 | 1 | 0.03% |
1932 | 56% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 7,993 | 65.9% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 3,449 | 28.5% | 680 [+] | 5.6% | 12,122 | -11 | 0.03% |
1928 | 44% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 5,425 | 60.8% | Al Smith (D) | 3,336 | 37.4% | 159 [+] | 1.8% | 8,920 | 3 | 0.02% |
1924 | 43% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 3,804 | 49.0% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 3,061 | 39.4% | 896 [+] | 11.5% | 7,761 | -5 | 0.03% |
1920 | 43% | Warren Harding (R) | 4,123 | 61.3% | James Cox (D) | 1,606 | 23.9% | 996 [+] | 14.8% | 6,725 | 1 | 0.03% |
1916 | 46% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 3,539 | 49.9% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 2,854 | 40.2% | 706 [+] | 9.9% | 7,099 | -6 | 0.04% |
1912 | 38% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 2,373 | 42.7% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 2,248 | 40.5% | 932 [+] | 16.8% | 5,553 | -23 | 0.04% |
1908 | 30% | William Taft (R) | 2,008 | 50.8% | William J. Bryan (D) | 1,381 | 34.9% | 567 [+] | 14.3% | 3,956 | -1 | 0.03% |
1904 | 29% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 2,015 | 54.9% | Alton Parker (D) | 1,167 | 31.8% | 485 [+] | 13.2% | 3,667 | -1 | 0.03% |
1900 | 29% | William J. Bryan (D) | 1,713 | 50.2% | William McKinley* (R) | 1,564 | 45.8% | 137 [+] | 4.0% | 3,414 | -6 | 0.02% |
2020 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 88,310 | 55.3% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 67,436 | 42.2% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 2,408 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,560 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 159,714 | |||||||||
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2016 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 67,107 | 48.9% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 56,164 | 40.9% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 6,473 | 4.7% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 2,848 | 2.1% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 702 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 3,908 | 2.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 137,202 | |||||||||
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2012 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 61,258 | 48.6% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 59,967 | 47.6% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 1,776 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,965 | 2.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 125,966 | |||||||||
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2008 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 68,176 | 51.2% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 61,055 | 45.9% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,317 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 713 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,894 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 133,155 | |||||||||
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2004 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 67,995 | 52.7% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 58,742 | 45.5% | ||||||||
Other | 2,313 | 1.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 129,050 | |||||||||
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2000 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 56,859 | 52.2% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 44,526 | 40.9% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 6,523 | 6.0% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 290 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 688 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 108,886 | |||||||||
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1996 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 40,395 | 40.2% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 46,733 | 46.5% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 8,204 | 8.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 3,854 | 3.8% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 726 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 588 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 100,500 | |||||||||
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1992 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 40,136 | 38.4% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 36,384 | 34.8% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 27,314 | 26.1% | ||||||||
Other | 785 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 104,619 | |||||||||
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1988 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 46,613 | 55.8% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 35,667 | 42.7% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 741 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 446 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 83,467 | |||||||||
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1984 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 49,035 | 63.7% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 26,946 | 35.0% | ||||||||
Other | 969 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 76,950 | |||||||||
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1980 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 38,631 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 20,508 | 29.5% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 8,407 | 12.1% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 1,330 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 651 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 69,527 | |||||||||
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1976 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 24,926 | 45.9% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 27,785 | 51.2% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 464 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1,123 | 2.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 54,298 | |||||||||
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1972 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 28,566 | 56.0% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 20,779 | 40.7% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 1,156 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Other | 532 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 51,033 | |||||||||
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1968 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 19,420 | 51.3% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 15,828 | 41.8% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 2,416 | 6.4% | ||||||||
Other | 217 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,881 | |||||||||
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1964 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 22,252 | 59.8% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 14,906 | 40.1% | ||||||||
Other | 28 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,186 | |||||||||
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1960 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 14,975 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 17,862 | 54.0% | ||||||||
Other | 218 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,055 | |||||||||
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1956 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 16,223 | 58.5% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 11,407 | 41.1% | ||||||||
Other | 118 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 27,748 | |||||||||
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1952 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 17,716 | 65.4% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 9,174 | 33.8% | ||||||||
Other | 213 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 27,103 | |||||||||
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1948 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 8,135 | 42.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 10,325 | 53.5% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 696 | 3.6% | ||||||||
Other | 148 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 19,304 | |||||||||
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1944 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 8,068 | 50.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 7,793 | 48.9% | ||||||||
Other | 75 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 15,936 | |||||||||
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1940 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 8,499 | 53.4% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 7,204 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Other | 217 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 15,920 | |||||||||
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1936 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 7,889 | 61.1% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 4,812 | 37.3% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 75 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 130 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 12,906 | |||||||||
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1932 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 7,993 | 65.9% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 3,449 | 28.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 417 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Other | 263 | 2.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 12,122 | |||||||||
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1928 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 5,425 | 60.8% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 3,336 | 37.4% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 159 | 1.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 8,920 | |||||||||
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1924 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 3,804 | 49.0% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 731 | 9.4% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 3,061 | 39.4% | ||||||||
Other | 165 | 2.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7,761 | |||||||||
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1920 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 4,123 | 61.3% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 1,606 | 23.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 643 | 9.6% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 301 | 4.5% | ||||||||
Other | 52 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 6,725 | |||||||||
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1916 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 3,539 | 49.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 2,854 | 40.2% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 547 | 7.7% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 159 | 2.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7,099 | |||||||||
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1912 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 2,248 | 40.5% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 2,373 | 42.7% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 13 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 704 | 12.7% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 214 | 3.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 5,553 | |||||||||
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1908 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 2,008 | 50.8% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 1,381 | 34.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 370 | 9.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 154 | 3.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 43 | 1.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 3,956 | |||||||||
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1904 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 2,015 | 54.9% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 1,167 | 31.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 353 | 9.6% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 132 | 3.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 3,667 | |||||||||
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1900 President, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 1,564 | 45.8% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 1,713 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Other | 137 | 4.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 3,414 | |||||||||
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