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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
Donald Trump won every Midwestern state except Minnesota and Illinois in 2016 and 2024. The 2000 presidential election also marked the realignment of much of the Western United States, particularly the West Coast, to the Democratic Party. Gore narrowly won Oregon (by 0.44%) and New Mexico (by 0.06%), the latter of which was actually closer in ...
Previously, electors cast two votes for president, and the winner and runner up became president and vice-president respectively. The appointment of electors is a matter for each state's legislature to determine; in 1872 and in every presidential election since 1880, all states have used a popular vote to do so.
The 2000 presidential election between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush took 35 days to declare a winner — the longest wait in modern history. In contrast, current President Joe ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election was not known for more than a month after balloting because of the extended process of counting and recounting Florida's presidential ballots. State results tallied on election night gave 246 electoral votes to Republican nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush and 255 to Democratic ...
The winner of the 2024 presidential race will need 270 out of 538 electoral votes. Texas claims one of the highest numbers of electoral votes at 40 , second only to California (which has 54 ...
The following 96 counties have deviated from the winner of the presidential election in two elections since 1980: [2] Allamakee County, Iowa, in 1992 and 2020; Alamosa County, Colorado, in 2016 and 2020; Baldwin County, Georgia, in 1980 and 2016; Benzie County, Michigan, in 2012 and 2020; Bexar County, Texas, in 2016 and 2024