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US presidential election maps by state, 1804 to 2024
This map shows all 56 presidential elections from 1804 to 2024, state by state: each state takes the colour of the candidate who won its electoral votes. From 1976 it also gives the share of the popular vote each state gave the Democratic and Republican candidates.
The map, election by election
What the maps show
- Since 1976 (13 elections), 10 of the 50 states, and DC, have voted for the same party every time. Two always went Democratic: District of Columbia and Minnesota, which has backed every Democratic candidate since 1976, Walter Mondale in 1984 included. The others all went Republican every time.
- From 2000 to 2024, 36 of the 51 voted for the same party in all seven elections. The presidency was decided in the rest.
- Ohio voted for the winner in 12 of the 13 elections since 1976, more often than any other state; it missed in 2020.
- Between 2020 and 2024, 6 states changed sides: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
- The District of Columbia has voted in presidential elections since 1964, when the 23rd Amendment gave it three electors, and has gone Democratic every time.
Every election since 1804
| Year | Most electoral votes | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald J. Trump (Republican), 312 | Kamala D. Harris (Democratic), 226 |
| 2020 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Democratic), 306 | Donald J. Trump (Republican), 232 |
| 2016 | Donald J. Trump (Republican), 304 | Hillary Clinton (Democratic), 227 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (Democratic), 332 | Mitt Romney (Republican), 206 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (Democratic), 365 | John McCain (Republican), 173 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (Republican), 286 | John F. Kerry (Democratic), 251 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (Republican), 271 | Albert Gore, Jr. (Democratic), 266 |
| 1996 | William J. Clinton (Democratic), 379 | Bob Dole (Republican), 159 |
| 1992 | William J. Clinton (Democratic), 370 | George Bush (Republican), 168 |
| 1988 | George Bush (Republican), 426 | Michael S. Dukakis (Democratic), 111 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (Republican), 525 | Walter F. Mondale (Democratic), 13 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (Republican), 489 | Jimmy Carter (Democratic), 49 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (Democratic), 297 | Gerald R. Ford (Republican), 240 |
| 1972 | Richard M. Nixon (Republican), 520 | George S. McGovern (Democratic), 17 |
| 1968 | Richard M. Nixon (Republican), 301 | Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic), 191 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic), 486 | Barry M. Goldwater (Republican), 52 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (Democratic), 303 | Richard M. Nixon (Republican), 219 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), 457 | Adlai Stevenson (Democratic), 73 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), 442 | Adlai Stevenson (Democratic), 89 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (Democratic), 303 | Thomas E. Dewey (Republican), 189 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic), 432 | Thomas E. Dewey (Republican), 99 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic), 449 | Wendell L. Willkie (Republican), 82 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic), 523 | Alfred M. Landon (Republican), 8 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic), 472 | Herbert C. Hoover (Republican), 59 |
| 1928 | Herbert C. Hoover (Republican), 444 | Alfred E. Smith (Democratic), 87 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (Republican), 382 | John W. Davis (Democratic), 136 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (Republican), 404 | James M. Cox (Democratic), 127 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (Democratic), 277 | Charles E. Hughes (Republican), 254 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (Democratic), 435 | Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive), 88 |
| 1908 | William H. Taft (Republican), 321 | William J. Bryan (Democratic), 162 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (Republican), 336 | Alton B. Parker (Democratic), 140 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (Republican), 292 | William J. Bryan (Democratic), 155 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (Republican), 271 | William J. Bryan (Democratic), 176 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (Democratic), 277 | Benjamin Harrison (Republican), 145 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (Republican), 233 | Grover Cleveland (Democratic), 168 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (Democratic), 219 | James G. Blaine (Republican), 182 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (Republican), 214 | Winfield S. Hancock (Democratic), 155 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), 185 | Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic), 184 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican), 286 | Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic), 42 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican), 214 | Horatio Seymour (Democratic), 80 |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln (Republican), 212 | George B. McClellan (Democratic), 21 |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln (Republican), 180 | John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic), 72 |
| 1856 | James Buchanan (Democratic), 174 | John C. Frémont (Republican), 114 |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce (Democratic), 254 | Winfield Scott (Whig), 42 |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor (Whig), 163 | Lewis Cass (Democratic), 127 |
| 1844 | James K. Polk (Democratic), 170 | Henry Clay (Whig), 105 |
| 1840 | William H. Harrison (Whig), 234 | Martin Van Buren (Democratic), 60 |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren (Democratic), 170 | William H. Harrison (Whig), 73 |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson (Democratic), 219 | Henry Clay (National Republican), 49 |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican), 178 | John Quincy Adams (National Republican), 83 |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican), 99 * | John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican), 84 |
| 1820 | James Monroe (Democratic-Republican), 231 | John Quincy Adams (Independent D-R), 1 |
| 1816 | James Monroe (Democratic-Republican), 183 | Rufus King (Federalist), 34 |
| 1812 | James Madison (Democratic-Republican), 128 | De Witt Clinton (Federalist/Independent D-R), 89 |
| 1808 | James Madison (Democratic-Republican), 122 | Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist), 47 |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican), 162 | Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist), 14 |
* In 1824 no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes, and the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams.
How to read the map
A state takes the colour of the candidate who won most of its electoral votes. Maine (since 1972) and Nebraska (since 1992) give two votes to the statewide winner and one per congressional district, so they can split: tap them to see the split.
The map starts in 1804, the first election under the 12th Amendment. Before it, each elector cast two votes for President and the runner-up became Vice President, so a state had no single winner. Grey states had not yet joined the Union; a darker grey marks a state that did not take part, like the seceded states in 1864.
A few electors over the years did not vote or voted for someone else than their state chose; the totals here are the votes as counted by Congress, from the National Archives.
Questions
Which states have voted the same way in every election since 1976?
10 of the 50 states, and DC: Alaska, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. District of Columbia and Minnesota went Democratic every time, the others Republican.
Which state has picked the winner most often since 1976?
Ohio, in 12 of the 13 elections; the only miss was 2020.
Which states changed sides between 2020 and 2024?
Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all from the Democratic to the Republican candidate.
Sources
Electoral votes by state: the National Archives, Office of the Federal Register, which publishes the certified results of every election. Popular vote by state since 1976: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976 to 2024 (public domain, CC0).
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