United States presidential elections in Washington (state)
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Number of elections | 33 |
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Voted Democratic | 18 |
Voted Republican | 14 |
Voted other | 1[a] |
Voted for winning candidate | 23 |
Voted for losing candidate | 10 |
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Washington, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, Washington has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[b] |
Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
Notes |
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2020[1] | Joe Biden | 2,369,612 | 57.97 | Donald Trump | 1,584,651 | 38.77 | — | 12 | |||
2016[2] | Donald Trump[c] | 1,221,747 | 36.83 | Hillary Clinton | 1,742,718 | 52.54 | - | 12 | Three faithless electors voted for Colin Powell, and one for Faith Spotted Eagle. | ||
2012[3] | Barack Obama | 1,755,396 | 56.16 | Mitt Romney | 1,290,670 | 41.29 | - | 12 | |||
2008[4] | Barack Obama | 1,750,848 | 57.65 | John McCain | 1,229,216 | 40.48 | - | 11 | |||
2004[5] | George W. Bush | 1,304,894 | 45.64 | John Kerry | 1,510,201 | 52.82 | - | 11 | |||
2000[6] | George W. Bush[c] | 1,108,864 | 44.58 | Al Gore | 1,247,652 | 50.16 | - | 11 | |||
1996[7] | Bill Clinton | 1,123,323 | 49.84 | Bob Dole | 840,712 | 37.3 | Ross Perot | 201,003 | 8.92 | 11 | |
1992 | Bill Clinton | 993,037 | 43.41 | George H. W. Bush | 731,234 | 31.97 | Ross Perot | 541,780 | 23.68 | 11 | |
1988 | George H. W. Bush | 903,835 | 48.46 | Michael Dukakis | 933,516 | 50.05 | - | 10 | |||
1984 | Ronald Reagan | 1,051,670 | 55.82 | Walter Mondale | 807,352 | 42.86 | - | 10 | |||
1980 | Ronald Reagan | 865,244 | 49.66 | Jimmy Carter | 650,193 | 37.32 | John B. Anderson | 185,073 | 10.62 | 9 | |
1976 | Jimmy Carter | 717,323 | 46.11 | Gerald Ford | 777,732 | 50.00 | - | 9 | electoral vote split: 8 to Ford, 1 to Reagan (faithless elector) | ||
1972 | Richard Nixon | 837,135 | 56.92 | George McGovern | 568,334 | 38.64 | - | 9 | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon | 588,510 | 45.12 | Hubert Humphrey | 616,037 | 47.23 | George Wallace | 96,990 | 7.44 | 9 | |
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 779,881 | 61.97 | Barry Goldwater | 470,366 | 37.37 | - | 9 | |||
1960 | John F. Kennedy | 599,298 | 48.27 | Richard Nixon | 629,273 | 50.68 | - | 9 | |||
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 620,430 | 53.91 | Adlai Stevenson II | 523,002 | 45.44 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[d] |
- | 9 | ||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 599,107 | 54.33 | Adlai Stevenson II | 492,845 | 44.69 | - | 9 | |||
1948 | Harry S. Truman | 476,165 | 52.61 | Thomas E. Dewey | 386,315 | 42.68 | Strom Thurmond | - | 8 | ||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 486,774 | 56.84 | Thomas E. Dewey | 361,689 | 42.24 | - | 8 | |||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 462,145 | 58.22 | Wendell Willkie | 322,123 | 40.58 | - | 8 | |||
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 459,579 | 66.38 | Alf Landon | 206,892 | 29.88 | - | 8 | |||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 353,260 | 57.46 | Herbert Hoover | 208,645 | 33.94 | - | 8 | |||
1928 | Herbert Hoover | 335,844 | 67.06 | Al Smith | 156,772 | 31.30 | - | 7 | |||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 220,224 | 52.24 | John W. Davis | 42,842 | 10.16 | Robert M. La Follette | 150,727 | 35.76 | 7 | |
1920 | Warren G. Harding | 223,137 | 55.96 | James M. Cox | 84,298 | 21.14 | Parley P. Christensen | 77,246 | 19.37 | 7 | |
1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 183,388 | 48.13 | Charles E. Hughes | 167,208 | 43.89 | - | 7 | |||
1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 86,840 | 26.9 | Theodore Roosevelt | 113,698 | 35.22 | William H. Taft | 70,445 | 21.82 | 7 | |
1908 | William H. Taft | 106,062 | 57.68 | William Jennings Bryan | 58,691 | 31.92 | - | 5 | |||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 101,540 | 69.95 | Alton B. Parker | 28,098 | 19.36 | - | 5 | |||
1900 | William McKinley | 57,456 | 53.44 | William Jennings Bryan | 44,833 | 41.70 | - | 4 | |||
1896 | William McKinley | 39,153 | 41.84 | William Jennings Bryan | 53,314 | 56.97 | - | 4 | |||
1892 | Grover Cleveland | 29,802 | 33.88 | Benjamin Harrison | 36,460 | 41.45 | James B. Weaver | 19,165 | 21.79 | 4 |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
- ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
- ^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
- ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
References[]
- ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
- ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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