United States presidential elections in Nevada

Presidential elections in Nevada

Number of elections	41
Voted Democratic	19
Voted Republican	21
Voted other	1 [a]
Voted for winning candidate	33
Voted for losing candidate	8

The following is a table of United States presidential elections in Nevada, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1864, Nevada has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Since New Mexico's statehood in 1912, Nevada has voted for the same candidate as New Mexico in all presidential elections except for 2000 and in 2024.

Winners of the state are in bold, and shaded in the party of the state winner.

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Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [b]	Votes	Percent	Electoral votes	Notes
2024 [1]	Donald Trump	751,205	50.59	Kamala Harris	705,197	47.49	—			6
2020 [2]	Joe Biden	703,486	50.06	Donald Trump	669,890	47.67	—			6
2016 [3]	Donald Trump [c]	512,058	45.50	Hillary Clinton	539,260	47.92	—			6
2012 [4]	Barack Obama	531,373	52.36	Mitt Romney	463,567	45.68	—			6
2008 [5]	Barack Obama	533,736	55.15	John McCain	412,827	42.65	—			5
2004 [6]	George W. Bush	418,690	50.47	John Kerry	397,190	47.88	—			5
2000 [7]	George W. Bush [c]	301,575	49.52	Al Gore	279,978	45.98	—			4
1996 [8]	Bill Clinton	203,974	43.93	Bob Dole	199,244	42.91	Ross Perot	43,986	9.47	4
1992	Bill Clinton	189,148	37.36	George H. W. Bush	175,828	34.73	Ross Perot	132,580	26.19	4
1988	George H. W. Bush	206,040	58.86	Michael Dukakis	132,738	37.92	—			4
1984	Ronald Reagan	188,770	65.85	Walter Mondale	91,655	31.97	—			4
1980	Ronald Reagan	155,017	62.54	Jimmy Carter	66,666	26.89	John B. Anderson	17,651	7.12	3
1976	Jimmy Carter	92,479	45.81	Gerald Ford	101,273	50.17	—			3
1972	Richard Nixon	115,750	63.68	George McGovern	66,016	36.32	—			3
1968	Richard Nixon	73,188	47.46	Hubert Humphrey	60,598	39.29	George Wallace	20,432	13.25	3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	79,339	58.58	Barry Goldwater	56,094	41.42	—			3
1960	John F. Kennedy	54,880	51.16	Richard Nixon	52,387	48.84	—			3
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	56,049	57.97	Adlai Stevenson II	40,640	42.03	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors [d]	—	—	3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	50,502	61.45	Adlai Stevenson II	31,688	38.55	—			3
1948	Harry S. Truman	31,291	50.37	Thomas E. Dewey	29,357	47.26	Strom Thurmond	—	—	3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	29,623	54.62	Thomas E. Dewey	24,611	45.38	—			3
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	31,945	60.08	Wendell Willkie	21,229	39.92	—			3
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	31,925	72.81	Alf Landon	11,923	27.19	—			3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	28,756	69.41	Herbert Hoover	12,674	30.59	—			3
1928	Herbert Hoover	18,327	56.54	Al Smith	14,090	43.46	—			3
1924	Calvin Coolidge	11,243	41.76	John W. Davis	5,909	21.95	Robert M. La Follette	9,769	36.29	3
1920	Warren G. Harding	15,479	56.92	James M. Cox	9,851	36.22	Parley P. Christensen	—	—	3
1916	Woodrow Wilson	17,776	53.36	Charles E. Hughes	12,127	36.4	—			3
1912	Woodrow Wilson	7,986	39.7	Theodore Roosevelt	5,620	27.94	William H. Taft	3,196	15.89	3
1908	William H. Taft	10,775	43.93	William Jennings Bryan	11,212	45.71	—			3
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	6,864	56.66	Alton B. Parker	3,982	32.87	—			3
1900	William McKinley	3,849	37.75	William Jennings Bryan	6,347	62.25	—			3
1896	William McKinley	1,938	18.79	William Jennings Bryan	8,376	81.21	—			3
1892	Grover Cleveland	714	6.56	Benjamin Harrison	2,811	25.84	James B. Weaver	7,264	66.78	3
1888	Benjamin Harrison [c]	7,088	57.73	Grover Cleveland	5,149	41.94	—			3
1884	Grover Cleveland	5,578	43.59	James G. Blaine	7,193	56.21	—			3
1880	James A. Garfield	8,732	47.60	Winfield S. Hancock	9,613	52.40	James B. Weaver	—	—	3
1876 [9]	Rutherford B. Hayes [c]	10,383	52.73	Samuel J. Tilden	9,308	47.27	—			3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	8,413	57.43	Horace Greeley	6,236	42.57	—			3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	6,474	55.40	Horatio Seymour	5,215	44.60	—			3
1864	Abraham Lincoln	9,826	59.80	George B. McClellan	6,594	40.20	—			3	One elector did not vote.

See also

• Nevada portal

• Elections in Nevada

Notes

1. James B. Weaver, 1892.
2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

1. "SILVER STATE General ELECTION RESULTS 2024". Nevada Secretary of State . November 16, 2024.
2. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
3. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
6. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
7. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
8. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
9. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nevada.