Roll mouse over the states to see their number of electoral votes and which party has won the presidential races in them since 2008. Click to see the effect of a change in that state's party choice.
Alabama
Electoral votes: 9
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Alaska
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Arizona
Electoral votes: 11
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Arkansas
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
California
Electoral votes: 55
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Colorado
Electoral votes: 9
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Connecticut
Electoral votes: 7
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Delaware
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Dist. of Columbia
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Florida
Electoral votes: 29
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Georgia
Electoral votes: 16
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Hawaii
Electoral votes: 4
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Idaho
Electoral votes: 4
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Illinois
Electoral votes: 20
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Indiana
Electoral votes: 11
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Iowa
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Kansas
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Kentucky
Electoral votes: 8
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Louisiana
Electoral votes: 8
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Maine
Electoral votes: 4 *
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Maryland
Electoral votes: 10
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Massachusetts
Electoral votes: 11
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Michigan
Electoral votes: 16
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Minnesota
Electoral votes: 10
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Mississippi
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Missouri
Electoral votes: 10
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Montana
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Nebraska
Electoral votes: 5 *
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Nevada
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
New Hampshire
Electoral votes: 4
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
New Jersey
Electoral votes: 14
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
New Mexico
Electoral votes: 5
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
New York
Electoral votes: 29
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
North Carolina
Electoral votes: 15
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
North Dakota
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Ohio
Electoral votes: 18
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Oklahoma
Electoral votes: 7
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Oregon
Electoral votes: 7
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Pennsylvania
Electoral votes: 20
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Rhode Island
Electoral votes: 4
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
South Carolina
Electoral votes: 9
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
South Dakota
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Tennessee
Electoral votes: 11
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Texas
Electoral votes: 38
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Utah
Electoral votes: 6
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Vermont
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Virginia
Electoral votes: 13
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
Washington
Electoral votes: 12
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: DEM
West Virginia
Electoral votes: 5
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Wisconsin
Electoral votes: 10
2008 choice: DEM
2012 choice: DEM
2016 choice: GOP
Wyoming
Electoral votes: 3
2008 choice: GOP
2012 choice: GOP
2016 choice: GOP
Presidential elections since World War II
| Year | Democrats | Republicans | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convention location | Presidential Nominee | Vice Pres. Nominee | Popular vote % | Electoral votes | Convention location | Presidential Nominee | Vice Pres. Nominee | Popular vote % | Electoral votes | |
| 1948 | Philadelphia | Harry Truman | Alben Barkley | 49.5% | 303 | Philadelphia | Thomas Dewey | Earl Warren | 45.1% | 189 |
| 1952 | Chicago | Adlai Stevenson | John Sparkman | 44.4% | 89 | Chicago | Dwight Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | 55.1% | 442 |
| 1956 | Chicago | Adlai Stevenson | Estes Kefauver | 42.0% | 73 | San Francisco | Dwight Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | 57.4% | 457 |
| 1960 | Los Angeles | John Kennedy | Lyndon Johnson | 49.7% | 303 # | Chicago | Richard Nixon | Henry C. Lodge | 49.6% | 219 |
| 1964 | Atlantic City | Lyndon Johnson | Hubert Humphrey | 61.0% | 486 | San Francisco | Barry Goldwater | William Miller | 38.4% | 52 |
| 1968 | Chicago | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund S. Muskie | 42.7% | 191 | Miami Beach | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | 43.4% | 301 |
| 1972 | Miami Beach | George McGovern | 37.5% | 17 | Miami Beach | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | 60.7% | 520 | |
| 1976 | New York | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | 50.0% | 297 | Kansas City | Gerald Ford | Robert Dole | 48.0% | 240 |
| 1980 | New York | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | 41.0% | 49 | Detroit | Ronald Reagan | George H. W. Bush | 50.7% | 489 |
| 1984 | San Francisco | Walter Mondale | Geraldine Ferraro | 41.0% | 13 | Dallas | Ronald Reagan | George H. W. Bush | 58.8% | 525 |
| 1988 | Atlanta | Michael Dukakis | Lloyd Bentsen | 45.7% | 111 | New Orleans | George H. W. Bush | Dan Quayle | 53.4% | 426 |
| 1992 | New York | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 42.3% | 370 | Houston | George H. W. Bush | Dan Quayle | 37.4% | 168 |
| 1996 | Chicago | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 49.2% | 379 | San Diego | Robert Dole | Jack Kemp | 40.7% | 159 |
| 2000 | Los Angeles | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 48.4% | 266 | Philadelphia | George W. Bush | Richard Cheney | 47.8% | 271 |
| 2004 | Boston | John Kerry | John Edwards | 48% | 252 | New York | George W. Bush | Richard Cheney | 51.0% | 286 |
| 2008 | Denver | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 52.9% | 364 | St. Paul | John McCain | Sarah Palin | 46% | 174 |
| 2012 | Charlotte | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 51% | 332 | Tampa | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 47% | 206 |
| 2016 | Philadelphia | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 48.6% | 227 ## | Cleveland | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 46.5% | 304 ## |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | Kamala Harris | ??% | ??? | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | ??% | ??? | ||
NOTES: * Early in the 1972 campaign, Thomas Eagleton was replaced as Democratic vice presidential candidate by Sargent Shriver. (Winners' names in bold face.)
# In 1960, 14 electors who were pledged to Kennedy and one pledged to Nixon "defected," casting their 15 votes for Harry F. Byrd.
## In 2016, 2 electors who were pledged to Trump and 5 electors who were pledged to Clinton "defected," casting their votes for others. Otherwise, Trump would have won 306 electoral votes and Clinton would have won 232 electoral votes.
SOURCES: Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections, World Almanac and Book of Facts: (2012 and 2017), wikipedia.org
Useful Web sites
Miller Center of Public Affairs (University of Virginia)
Presidential Libraries (National Archives)