United States presidential elections in North Dakota

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Presidential elections in North Dakota
Map of the United States with North Dakota highlighted
Number of elections33
Voted Democratic5
Voted Republican27
Voted other1[a]
Voted for winning candidate22
Voted for losing candidate11

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Dakota, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, North Dakota 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
2020[1] Joe Biden 114,902 31.76 Donald Trump 235,595 65.11 3
2016[2] Donald Trump[c] 216,794 62.96 Hillary Clinton 93,758 27.23 __ 3
2012[3] Barack Obama 124,827 38.69 Mitt Romney 188,163 58.32 3
2008[4] Barack Obama 141,278 44.62 John McCain 168,601 53.25 3
2004[5] George W. Bush 196,651 62.86 John Kerry 111,052 35.5 3
2000[6] George W. Bush[c] 174,852 60.66 Al Gore 95,284 33.06 3
1996[7] Bill Clinton 106,905 40.13 Bob Dole 125,050 46.94 Ross Perot 32,515 12.2 3
1992 Bill Clinton 99,168 32.18 George H. W. Bush 136,244 44.22 Ross Perot 71,084 23.07 3
1988 George H. W. Bush 166,559 56.03 Michael Dukakis 127,739 42.97 3
1984 Ronald Reagan 200,336 64.84 Walter Mondale 104,429 33.8 3
1980 Ronald Reagan 193,695 64.23 Jimmy Carter 79,189 26.26 John B. Anderson 23,640 7.84 3
1976 Jimmy Carter 136,078 45.80 Gerald Ford 153,470 51.66 3
1972 Richard Nixon 174,109 62.07 George McGovern 100,384 35.79 3
1968 Richard Nixon 138,669 55.94 Hubert Humphrey 94,769 38.23 George Wallace 14,244 5.75 4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 149,784 57.97 Barry Goldwater 108,207 41.88 4
1960 John F. Kennedy 123,963 44.52 Richard Nixon 154,310 55.42 4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 156,766 61.72 Adlai Stevenson II 96,742 38.09 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]
483 0.19 4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 191,712 70.97 Adlai Stevenson II 76,694 28.39 4
1948 Harry S. Truman 95,812 43.41 Thomas E. Dewey 115,139 52.17 Strom Thurmond 374 0.17 4
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 100,144 45.48 Thomas E. Dewey 118,535 53.84 4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 124,036 44.18 Wendell Willkie 154,590 55.06 4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 163,148 59.60 Alf Landon 72,751 26.58 4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 178,350 69.59 Herbert Hoover 71,772 28 4
1928 Herbert Hoover 131,441 54.80 Al Smith 106,648 44.46 5
1924 Calvin Coolidge 94,931 47.68 John W. Davis 13,858 6.96 Robert M. La Follette 89,922 45.17 5
1920 Warren G. Harding 160,072 77.79 James M. Cox 37,422 18.19 Parley P. Christensen 5
1916 Woodrow Wilson 55,206 47.84 Charles E. Hughes 53,471 46.34 5
1912 Woodrow Wilson 29,555 34.14 Theodore Roosevelt 25,726 29.71 William H. Taft 23,090 26.67 5
1908 William H. Taft 57,680 61.02 William Jennings Bryan 32,885 34.79 4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 52,595 75.12 Alton B. Parker 14,273 20.39 4
1900 William McKinley 35,898 62.12 William Jennings Bryan 20,531 35.53 3
1896 William McKinley 26,335 55.57 William Jennings Bryan 20,686 43.65 3
1892 Grover Cleveland 0 0 Benjamin Harrison 17,519 48.50 James B. Weaver 17,700 49.01 3 Electoral vote split three ways, with each candidate getting one electoral vote.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. 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.