United States presidential elections in Nevada explained

State:Nevada
Number Of Elections:40
Voted Democratic:19
Voted Republican:20
Voted Other:1
Voted Winning:32
Voted Losing:8

The following is a table of United States presidential elections in Nevada, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1864, Nevada has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Since New Mexico's statehood in 1912, Nevada has voted for the same candidate as New Mexico in all presidential elections except for 2000.

Winners of the state are in bold, and shaded in the party of the state winner.

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 703,486 50.06 669,890 47.67 6
2016[2] 512,058 45.50 Hillary Clinton 539,260 47.92 6
2012[3] Barack Obama 531,373 52.36 463,567 45.68 6
2008[4] Barack Obama 533,736 55.15 412,827 42.65 5
2004[5] George W. Bush 418,690 50.47 397,190 47.88 5
2000[6] George W. Bush 301,575 49.52 279,978 45.98 4
1996[7] Bill Clinton 203,974 43.93 199,244 42.91 43,986 9.47 4
Bill Clinton 189,148 37.36 175,828 34.73 132,580 26.19 4
George H. W. Bush 206,040 58.86 132,738 37.92 4
Ronald Reagan 188,770 65.85 91,655 31.97 4
Ronald Reagan 155,017 62.54 66,666 26.89 17,651 7.12 3
92,479 45.81 Gerald Ford 101,273 50.17 3
Richard Nixon 115,750 63.68 66,016 36.32 3
Richard Nixon 73,188 47.46 60,598 39.29 20,432 13.25 3
Lyndon B. Johnson 79,339 58.58 56,094 41.42 3
John F. Kennedy 54,880 51.16 52,387 48.84 3
Dwight D. Eisenhower 56,049 57.97 40,640 42.03 3
Dwight D. Eisenhower 50,502 61.45 31,688 38.55 3
Harry S. Truman 31,291 50.37 29,357 47.26 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 29,623 54.62 24,611 45.38 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 31,945 60.08 21,229 39.92 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 31,925 72.81 11,923 27.19 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 28,756 69.41 12,674 30.59 3
Herbert Hoover 18,327 56.54 14,090 43.46 3
Calvin Coolidge 11,243 41.76 5,909 21.95 9,769 36.29 3
Warren G. Harding 15,479 56.92 9,851 36.22 Parley P. Christensen3
Woodrow Wilson 17,776 53.36 12,127 36.4 3
Woodrow Wilson 7,986 39.7 5,620 27.94 3,196 15.89 3
10,775 43.93 William Jennings Bryan 11,212 45.71 3
Theodore Roosevelt 6,864 56.66 3,982 32.87 3
3,849 37.75 William Jennings Bryan 6,347 62.25 3
1,938 18.79 William Jennings Bryan 8,376 81.21 3
714 6.56 2,811 25.84 James B. Weaver 7,264 66.78 3
Benjamin Harrison 7,088 57.73 5,149 41.94 3
5,578 43.59 James G. Blaine 7,193 56.21 3
8,732 47.60 Winfield S. Hancock 9,613 52.40 James B. Weaver3
1876[8] Rutherford B. Hayes 10,383 52.73 9,308 47.27 3
Ulysses S. Grant 8,413 57.43 6,236 42.57 3
Ulysses S. Grant 6,474 55.40 5,215 44.60 3
Abraham Lincoln 9,826 59.80 6,594 40.20 3 One elector did not vote.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/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. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nevada.