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| Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2020 | 6,006,518 | 34.30% | 11,110,639 | 63.44% | 395,108 | 2.26% |
| 2016 | 4,483,814 | 31.48% | 8,753,792 | 61.46% | 1,005,843 | 7.06% |
| 2012 | 4,839,958 | 37.07% | 7,854,285 | 60.16% | 361,572 | 2.77% |
| 2008 | 5,011,781 | 36.90% | 8,274,473 | 60.92% | 296,829 | 2.19% |
| 2004 | 5,509,826 | 44.36% | 6,745,485 | 54.30% | 166,548 | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 4,567,429 | 41.65% | 5,861,203 | 53.45% | 537,224 | 4.90% |
| 1996 | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | 1,071,269 | 10.69% |
| 1992 | 3,630,574 | 32.61% | 5,121,325 | 46.01% | 2,379,822 | 21.38% |
| 1988 | 5,054,917 | 51.13% | 4,702,233 | 47.56% | 129,914 | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | 115,895 | 1.22% |
| 1980 | 4,524,858 | 52.69% | 3,083,661 | 35.91% | 978,544 | 11.40% |
| 1976 | 3,882,244 | 49.35% | 3,742,284 | 47.57% | 242,589 | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 4,602,096 | 55.00% | 3,475,847 | 41.54% | 289,919 | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 3,467,664 | 47.82% | 3,244,318 | 44.74% | 539,605 | 7.44% |
| 1964 | 2,879,108 | 40.79% | 4,171,877 | 59.11% | 6,601 | 0.09% |
| 1960 | 3,259,722 | 50.10% | 3,224,099 | 49.55% | 22,757 | 0.35% |
| 1956 | 3,027,668 | 55.39% | 2,420,135 | 44.27% | 18,552 | 0.34% |
| 1952 | 2,897,310 | 56.35% | 2,197,548 | 42.74% | 46,991 | 0.91% |
| 1948 | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | 213,135 | 5.30% |
| 1944 | 1,512,965 | 42.97% | 1,988,564 | 56.48% | 19,346 | 0.55% |
| 1940 | 1,351,419 | 41.34% | 1,877,618 | 57.44% | 39,754 | 1.22% |
| 1936 | 836,431 | 31.70% | 1,766,836 | 66.95% | 35,615 | 1.35% |
| 1932 | 847,902 | 37.39% | 1,324,157 | 58.39% | 95,907 | 4.23% |
| 1928 | 1,162,323 | 64.69% | 614,365 | 34.19% | 19,968 | 1.11% |
| 1924 | 733,250 | 57.20% | 105,514 | 8.23% | 443,136 | 34.57% |
| 1920 | 624,992 | 66.20% | 229,191 | 24.28% | 89,867 | 9.52% |
| 1916 | 462,516 | 46.27% | 466,289 | 46.65% | 70,798 | 7.08% |
| 1912 | 3,914 | 0.58% | 283,436 | 41.81% | 390,594 | 57.61% |
| 1908 | 214,398 | 55.46% | 127,492 | 32.98% | 44,707 | 11.56% |
| 1904 | 205,226 | 61.84% | 89,404 | 26.94% | 37,248 | 11.22% |
| 1900 | 164,755 | 54.37% | 124,985 | 41.25% | 13,264 | 4.38% |
| 1896 | 146,688 | 49.16% | 144,766 | 48.51% | 6,965 | 2.33% |
| 1892 | 118,027 | 43.78% | 118,174 | 43.83% | 33,408 | 12.39% |
| 1888 | 124,816 | 49.66% | 117,729 | 46.84% | 8,794 | 3.50% |
| 1884 | 102,369 | 51.97% | 89,288 | 45.33% | 5,331 | 2.71% |
| 1880 | 80,282 | 48.89% | 80,426 | 48.98% | 3,510 | 2.14% |
| 1876 | 79,258 | 50.88% | 76,460 | 49.08% | 66 | 0.04% |
| 1872 | 54,007 | 56.38% | 40,717 | 42.51% | 1,061 | 1.11% |
| 1868 | 54,588 | 50.24% | 54,068 | 49.76% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1864 | 62,053 | 58.60% | 43,837 | 41.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1860 | 38,733 | 32.32% | 37,999 | 31.71% | 43,095 | 35.96% |
| 1856 | 20,704 | 18.78% | 53,342 | 48.38% | 36,209 | 32.84% |
| 1852 | 35,972 | 46.83% | 40,721 | 53.02% | 117 | 0.15% |
The politics of the U.S. state of California form part of the politics of the United States. The politics are defined by the Constitution of California.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Presidential General Election Results Comparison - California". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 16 October 2017.