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The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 2012 ...
Trump won 232 electoral votes in the 2020 Presidential Election. His opponent and current President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes . Here's how the Electoral College voted by state:
The margin of victory in a presidential election is the difference between the number of Electoral College votes garnered by the candidate with an absolute majority of electoral votes (since 1964, it has been 270 out of 538) and the number received by the second place candidate (currently in the range of 2 to 538, a margin of one vote is only possible with an odd total number of electors or a ...
Before 2020 elections [231] [x] After 2020 elections Subdivision PVI % Pop. Governor Upper house Lower house Overall Governor Upper house Lower house Overall Alabama: R+14: 1.48 Rep Rep 27–8: Rep 75–28: Rep Rep Rep Rep Rep Alaska: R+9: 0.22 Rep Rep 13–7: Coal. 22–17 [y] Div Rep Rep Coal. Div Arizona: R+5: 2.19 Rep Rep 17–13: Rep 31 ...
Louisiana was one of six states where Obama did better in 2012 than in 2008, with his margin of loss decreasing from 18.63% to 17.20%. [ a ] As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last time that a Democrat has won over 40% of the vote in the state.
By June 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to cause a large increase in mail voting because of the possible danger of congregating at polling places. [189] An August 2020 state-by-state analysis concluded that 76% of Americans were eligible to vote by mail in 2020, a record number.