Presidential elections in Nevada
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted
Number of elections40
Voted Democratic19
Voted Republican20
Voted other1[a]
Voted for winning candidate32
Voted for losing candidate8

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.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 703,486 50.06 Donald Trump 669,890 47.67 — 6
2016[2] Donald Trump[c] 512,058 45.50 Hillary Clinton 539,260 47.92 — 6
2012[3] Barack Obama 531,373 52.36 Mitt Romney 463,567 45.68 — 6
2008[4] Barack Obama 533,736 55.15 John McCain 412,827 42.65 — 5
2004[5] George W. Bush 418,690 50.47 John Kerry 397,190 47.88 — 5
2000[6] George W. Bush[c] 301,575 49.52 Al Gore 279,978 45.98 — 4
1996[7] Bill Clinton 203,974 43.93 Bob Dole 199,244 42.91 Ross Perot 43,986 9.47 4
1992 Bill Clinton 189,148 37.36 George H. W. Bush 175,828 34.73 Ross Perot 132,580 26.19 4
1988 George H. W. Bush 206,040 58.86 Michael Dukakis 132,738 37.92 — 4
1984 Ronald Reagan 188,770 65.85 Walter Mondale 91,655 31.97 — 4
1980 Ronald Reagan 155,017 62.54 Jimmy Carter 66,666 26.89 John B. Anderson 17,651 7.12 3
1976 Jimmy Carter 92,479 45.81 Gerald Ford 101,273 50.17 — 3
1972 Richard Nixon 115,750 63.68 George McGovern 66,016 36.32 — 3
1968 Richard Nixon 73,188 47.46 Hubert Humphrey 60,598 39.29 George Wallace 20,432 13.25 3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 79,339 58.58 Barry Goldwater 56,094 41.42 — 3
1960 John F. Kennedy 54,880 51.16 Richard Nixon 52,387 48.84 — 3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 56,049 57.97 Adlai Stevenson II 40,640 42.03 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]		 — — 3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 50,502 61.45 Adlai Stevenson II 31,688 38.55 — 3
1948 Harry S. Truman 31,291 50.37 Thomas E. Dewey 29,357 47.26 Strom Thurmond — — 3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 29,623 54.62 Thomas E. Dewey 24,611 45.38 — 3
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 31,945 60.08 Wendell Willkie 21,229 39.92 — 3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 31,925 72.81 Alf Landon 11,923 27.19 — 3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 28,756 69.41 Herbert Hoover 12,674 30.59 — 3
1928 Herbert Hoover 18,327 56.54 Al Smith 14,090 43.46 — 3
1924 Calvin Coolidge 11,243 41.76 John W. Davis 5,909 21.95 Robert M. La Follette 9,769 36.29 3
1920 Warren G. Harding 15,479 56.92 James M. Cox 9,851 36.22 Parley P. Christensen — — 3
1916 Woodrow Wilson 17,776 53.36 Charles E. Hughes 12,127 36.4 — 3
1912 Woodrow Wilson 7,986 39.7 Theodore Roosevelt 5,620 27.94 William H. Taft 3,196 15.89 3
1908 William H. Taft 10,775 43.93 William Jennings Bryan 11,212 45.71 — 3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 6,864 56.66 Alton B. Parker 3,982 32.87 — 3
1900 William McKinley 3,849 37.75 William Jennings Bryan 6,347 62.25 — 3
1896 William McKinley 1,938 18.79 William Jennings Bryan 8,376 81.21 — 3
1892 Grover Cleveland 714 6.56 Benjamin Harrison 2,811 25.84 James B. Weaver 7,264 66.78 3
1888 Benjamin Harrison[c] 7,088 57.73 Grover Cleveland 5,149 41.94 — 3
1884 Grover Cleveland 5,578 43.59 James G. Blaine 7,193 56.21 — 3
1880 James A. Garfield 8,732 47.60 Winfield S. Hancock 9,613 52.40 James B. Weaver — — 3
1876[8] Rutherford B. Hayes[c] 10,383 52.73 Samuel J. Tilden 9,308 47.27 — 3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 8,413 57.43 Horace Greeley 6,236 42.57 — 3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 6,474 55.40 Horatio Seymour 5,215 44.60 — 3
1864 Abraham Lincoln 9,826 59.80 George B. McClellan 6,594 40.20 — 3 One elector did not vote.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ James B. Weaver, 1892.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  8. ^ Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nevada
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