United States presidential elections in California

Presidential elections in California
Map of the United States with California highlighted
Number of elections43
Voted Democratic19
Voted Republican22
Voted other2[a]
Voted for winning candidate35
Voted for losing candidate8

Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
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