United States presidential elections in New Hampshire explained

State:New Hampshire
Number Of Elections:59
Voted Democratic:20
Voted Republican:28
Voted Dem Rep:5
Voted Federalist:4
Voted Other:2
Voted Winning:43
Voted Losing:16

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in New Hampshire, ordered by year.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 424,921 52.71 365,654 45.36 — 4
2016[2] 345,790 46.46 Hillary Clinton 348,526 46.83 — 4
2012[3] Barack Obama 369,561 51.98 329,918 46.40 —4
2008[4] Barack Obama 384,826 54.13 316,534 44.52 —4
2004[5] 331,237 48.87 John Kerry 340,511 50.24 —4
2000[6] George W. Bush 273,559 48.07 266,348 46.80 —4
1996[7] Bill Clinton 246,214 49.32 196,532 39.37 48,390 9.69 4
Bill Clinton 209,040 38.91 202,484 37.69 121,337 22.59 4
George H. W. Bush 281,537 62.49 163,696 36.33 —4
Ronald Reagan 267,051 68.66 120,395 30.95 —4
Ronald Reagan 221,705 57.74 108,864 28.35 49,693 12.94 4
147,635 43.47 Gerald Ford 185,935 54.75 —4
Richard Nixon 213,724 63.98 116,435 34.86 —4
Richard Nixon 154,903 52.10 130,589 43.93 11,173 3.76 4
Lyndon B. Johnson 184,064 63.89 104,029 36.11 —4
137,772 46.58 Richard Nixon 157,989 53.42 —4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 176,519 66.11 90,364 33.84 111 0.04 4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 166,287 60.92 106,663 39.08 —4
107,995 46.66 Thomas E. Dewey 121,299 52.41 7 <0.01 4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 119,663 52.11 109,916 47.87 —4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 125,292 53.22 110,127 46.78 —4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 108,460 49.73 104,642 47.98 —4
100,680 48.99 Herbert Hoover 103,629 50.42 —4
Herbert Hoover 115,404 58.65 80,715 41.02 —4
Calvin Coolidge 98,575 59.83 57,201 34.72 8,993 5.46 4
Warren G. Harding 95,196 59.84 62,662 39.39 Parley P. Christensen——4
Woodrow Wilson 43,781 49.12 43,725 49.06 — 4
Woodrow Wilson 34,724 39.48 17,794 20.23 32,927 37.43 4
William H. Taft 53,149 59.32 33,655 37.56 —4
Theodore Roosevelt 54,163 60.07 34,074 37.79 —4
William McKinley 54,799 59.33 35,489 38.42 — 4
William McKinley 57,444 68.66 21,650 25.88 —4
42,081 47.11 Benjamin Harrison 45,658 51.11 293 0.33 4
Benjamin Harrison 45,728 50.34 43,456 47.84 —4
39,198 46.34 James G. Blaine 43,254 51.14 —4
James A. Garfield 44,856 51.94 40,797 47.24 528 0.61 5
Rutherford B. Hayes 41,540 51.83 38,510 48.05 —5
Ulysses S. Grant 37,168 53.94 31,425 45.61 —5
Ulysses S. Grant 37,718 55.2 30,575 44.8 —5
Abraham Lincoln 36,596 52.6 33,034 47.4 —5

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincoln37,51956.9Stephen A. Douglas25,88739.3John C. Breckinridge2,1253.2John Bell4120.65

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
31,891 45.71 John C. Frémont 37,473 53.71 410 0.59 5
Franklin Pierce 28,503 56.4 15,486 30.64 6,546 12.95 5
14,781 29.5 Lewis Cass 27,763 55.41 7,560 15.09 6
James K. Polk 27,160 55.22 17,866 36.32 —6
26,310 43.88 Martin Van Buren 32,774 54.66 —7
Martin Van Buren 18,697 75.01 6,228 24.99 various 7
Andrew Jackson 24,855 56.67 18,938 43.24 no ballots 7
20,212 45.9 John Quincy Adams 23,823 54.1 —8

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" no ballots John Quincy Adams 9,389 93.59 no ballots 643 6.41 8

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president. The sole electoral vote against Monroe came from William Plumer, an elector from New Hampshire and former United States senator and New Hampshire governor. Plumer cast his electoral ballot for Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. While some accounts claim incorrectly that this was to ensure that George Washington would remain the only American president unanimously chosen by the Electoral College, that was not Plumer's goal. In fact, Plumer simply thought that Monroe was a mediocre president and that Adams would be a better one.[8] Plumer also refused to vote for Tompkins for Vice President as "grossly intemperate", not having "that weight of character which his office requires," and "because he grossly neglected his duty" in his "only" official role as President of the Senate by being "absent nearly three-fourths of the time";[9] Plumer instead voted for Richard Rush.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe —9 Monroe effectively ran unopposed. One elector voted for John Quincy Adams (see above).
James Monroe 8
DeWitt Clinton 8
Charles C. Pinckney 7
Thomas Jefferson 7
John Adams 6
John Adams 6
George Washington —6 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington —5 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
  8. Turner (1955) p 253.
  9. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Daniel_Tompkins.htm "Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th Vice President (1817-1825)"

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