Politics of a U.S. state
United States presidential election results for California[1]
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.