United States presidential elections in Utah

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Presidential elections in Utah
Map of the United States with Utah highlighted
Number of elections32
Voted Democratic8
Voted Republican24
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate23
Voted for losing candidate9
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Utah is a state in the Mountain West sub-region of the Western United States.[1] Since its admission to the Union in January 1896, it has participated in 32 United States presidential elections. In the 1896 presidential election, Utah was easily won by the Democratic Party's candidate William Jennings Bryan, who received almost 83% of the popular vote.[2] In the subsequent four years, however, the Republican Party dominated Utah politics, which continued until the 1932 presidential election.[3] In the four-way race in the 1912 presidential election, Utah was one of only two states won by incumbent president William Howard Taft.[4] In the 1932 presidential election, Democratic Party candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt won Utah, amid a national political landslide victory.[5] Democrats maintained their popularity in Utah politics until the 1952 presidential election, after which the Republican Party regained its influence.[3]

In the 1992 presidential election, Utah was one of the two states where the independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place, ahead of the Democratic candidate Bill Clinton.[6] In the 2016 presidential election, Evan McMullin organised a campaign as an independent candidate for the presidency.[7] In late October, his polling numbers in Utah were almost 25%.[8] By the election day, however, his polling numbers reduced and he received almost 21.5% of the popular vote in Utah.[9] The Republican Party has won Utah in 17 of the last 18 elections.[10] Recent national surveys show Utah as one of the most Republican states in the nation.[11]

Presidential elections[]

Key for parties
  American Independent Party – (AI)
  American Party – (A)
  Constitution Party – (CP)
  Democratic Party – (D)
  Farmer-Labor Party – (FL)
  Green Party – (G)
  Independent candidate – (I)
  Libertarian Party – (LI)
  Progressive Party (1912) – (PR-1912)
  Progressive Party (1924) – (PR-1924)
  Progressive Party (1948) – (PR-1948)
  Reform Party – (RE)
  Republican Party – (R)
  Socialist Party of America – (S)
  Socialist Workers Party – (SW)
  Union Party – (U)
Note – A double dagger (Double-dagger) indicates the national winner.

1896 to present[]

Presidential elections in Utah from 1896 to present
Year Winner Runner-up Other candidate[a] EV Ref.
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
1896
 William Jennings Bryan (D) 64,607 82.73% William McKinley (R) Double-dagger 13,491 17.27%
–
–
–
 3
[2][12][13]
1900
 William McKinley (R) Double-dagger 47,089 50.59% William Jennings Bryan (D) 44,949 48.3% Eugene Debs (S) 717 0.77% 3
[14][15]
1904
 Theodore Roosevelt (R)Double-dagger 62,446 61.45% Alton B. Parker (D) 33,413 32.88% Eugene Debs (S) 5,767 5.67% 3
[16][17][18]
1908
 William Howard Taft (R)Double-dagger 61,165 56.24% William Jennings Bryan (D) 42,610 39.18% Eugene Debs (S) 4,890 4.5% 3
[19][20]
1912
 William Howard Taft (R) 42,013 37.42% Woodrow Wilson (D)Double-dagger 36,576 32.58% Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) 24,174 21.53% 4
[b][21][22]
1916
 Woodrow Wilson (D)Double-dagger 84,145 58.78% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 54,137 37.82% Allan L. Benson (S) 4,460 3.12% 4
[23][24][25]
1920
 Warren G. Harding (R) Double-dagger 81,555 55.93% James M. Cox (D) 56,639 38.84% Parley P. Christensen (FL) 4,475 3.07% 4
[26][27][28]
1924
 Calvin Coolidge (R) Double-dagger 77,327 49.26% John W. Davis (D) 47,001 29.94% Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) 32,662 20.81% 4
[29][30][31]
1928
 Herbert Hoover (R)Double-dagger 94,618 53.58% Al Smith (D) 80,985 45.86% Norman Thomas (S) 954 0.54% 4
[32][33][34]
1932
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)Double-dagger 116,750 56.52% Herbert Hoover (R) 84,795 41.05% Norman Thomas (S) 4,087 1.98% 4
[5][35][36]
1936
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)Double-dagger 150,246 69.34% Alf Landon (R) 64,555 29.79% William Lemke (U) 1,121 0.52% 4
[37][38][39]
1940
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)Double-dagger 154,277 62.25% Wendell Willkie (R) 93,151 37.59% Norman Thomas (S) 200 0.08% 4
[40][41][42]
1944
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)Double-dagger 150,088 60.44% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 97,891 39.42% Norman Thomas (S) 340 0.14% 4
[43][44][45]
1948
 Harry S. Truman (D) Double-dagger 149,151 53.98% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 124,402 45.02% Henry A. Wallace (PR-1948) 2,679 0.97% 4
[46][47][48]
1952
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) Double-dagger 194,190 58.93% Adlai Stevenson (D) 135,364 41.07%
–
–
–
 4
[49][50][51]
1956
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) Double-dagger 215,631 64.56% Adlai Stevenson (D) 118,364 35.44%
–
–
–
 4
[52][53][54]
1960
 Richard Nixon (R) 205,361 54.81% John F. Kennedy (D) Double-dagger 169,248 45.17% Farrell Dobbs (SW) 100 0.03% 4
[55][56][57][58]
1964
 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) Double-dagger 219,628 54.71% Barry Goldwater (R) 180,682 45.01%
–
–
–
 4
[59][60][61][62]
1968
 Richard Nixon (R) Double-dagger 238,728 56.49% Hubert Humphrey (D) 156,665 37.07% George Wallace (AI) 26,906 6.37% 4
[63][64][65][66]
1972
 Richard Nixon (R) Double-dagger 323,643 67.64% George McGovern (D) 126,284 26.39% John G. Schmitz (AI) 28,549 5.97% 4
[67][68][69][70]
1976
 Gerald Ford (R) 337,908 62.44% Jimmy Carter (D) Double-dagger 182,110 33.65% Thomas J. Anderson (A) 13,284 2.45% 4
[71][72][73][74]
1980
 Ronald Reagan (R) Double-dagger 439,687 72.77% Jimmy Carter (D) 124,266 20.57% John B. Anderson (I) 30,284 5.01% 5
[75][76][77][78]
1984
 Ronald Reagan (R) Double-dagger 469,105 74.5% Walter Mondale (D) 155,369 24.68% David Bergland (LI) 2,447 0.39% 5
[79][80][81][82]
1988
 George H. W. Bush (R) Double-dagger 428,442 66.22% Michael Dukakis (D) 207,343 32.05% Ron Paul (LI) 7,473 1.16% 5
[83][84][85][86]
1992
 George H. W. Bush (R) 322,632 43.36% Ross Perot (I) 203,400 27.34% Bill Clinton (D) Double-dagger 183,429 24.65% 5
[87][88][89][90]
1996
 Bob Dole (R) 361,911 54.37% Bill Clinton (D) Double-dagger 221,633 33.3% Ross Perot (RE) 66,461 9.98% 5
[91][92][93][94]
2000
 George W. Bush (R) Double-dagger 515,096 66.83% Al Gore (D) 203,053 26.34% Ralph Nader (G) 35,850 4.65% 5
[95][96]
2004
 George W. Bush (R)Double-dagger 663,742 71.54% John Kerry (D) 241,199 26% Ralph Nader (I) 11,305 1.22% 5
[97][98][99]
2008
 John McCain (R) 596,030 62.58% Barack Obama (D)Double-dagger 327,670 34.41% Chuck Baldwin (CP) 12,012 1.26% 5
[100][101]
2012
 Mitt Romney (R) 740,600 72.79% Barack Obama (D)Double-dagger 251,813 24.75% Gary Johnson (LI) 12,572 1.24% 6
[102][103]
2016
 Donald Trump (R)Double-dagger 515,231 45.54% Hillary Clinton (D) 310,676 27.46% Evan McMullin (I) 243,690 21.54% 6
[104][9]
2020
 Donald Trump (R) 865,140 58.13% Joe Biden (D)Double-dagger 560,282 37.65% Jo Jorgensen (LI) 38,447 2.58% 6
[105][106]

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See also[]

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Utah.
  2. ^ The American Socialist Party's candidate Eugene Debs received 8,999 votes (8.02%).[21]

References[]

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Works cited[]

  • Guide to U.S. Elections. SAGE Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60426-536-1.
  • Presidential elections, 1789–1996. Congressional Quarterly. 1997. ISBN 978-1-56802-065-5. LCCN 97019084. OL 673017M.
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