Presidential Election - Results by State
Results by State, 1972-1988
This table shows how each state has voted in the five presidential elections from 1972 to 1988. It also shows whether a state was on the winning or losing side of the election. Finally, it shows the relative importance of each state by assigning the number of electoral votes at stake in the each election.
See a similar chart from 1992 to 2008.
| Table Key |
|
D : State voted Democrat, Democrat took White House |
|
d : State voted Democrat, Republican took White House |
|
R : State voted Republican, Republican took White House |
|
r : State voted Republican, Democrat took White House |
| State |
EC |
1972
NIXON
McGovern |
1976
CARTER
Ford |
1980
REAGAN
Carter |
1984
REAGAN
Mondale |
1988
BUSH
Dukakis |
| AL | 9 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| AK | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| AZ | 10 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| ARK | 6 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| CA | 55 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| CO | 9 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| CT | 7 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| DE | 3 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| DC | 3 |
d |
D |
d |
d |
d |
| FL | 27 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| GA | 15 |
R |
D |
d |
R |
R |
| HI | 4 |
R |
D |
d |
R |
d |
| ID | 4 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| IL | 21 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| IN | 11 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| IA | 7 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
d |
| KS | 6 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| KY | 8 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| LA | 9 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| ME | 4 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| MD | 10 |
R |
D |
d |
R |
R |
| MA | 12 |
d |
D |
R |
R |
d |
| MI | 17 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| MN | 10 |
R |
D |
d |
d |
d |
| MS | 6 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| MO | 11 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| MT | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NE | 5 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NV | 5 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NH | 4 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NJ | 15 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NM | 5 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| NY | 31 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
d |
| NC | 15 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| ND | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| OH | 20 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| OK | 7 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| OR | 7 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
d |
| PA | 21 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| RI | 4 |
R |
D |
d |
R |
d |
| SC | 8 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| SD | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| TN | 11 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| TX | 34 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
R |
| UT | 5 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| VT | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| VA | 13 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
| WA | 11 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
d |
| WV | 5 |
R |
D |
d |
R |
d |
| WI | 10 |
R |
D |
R |
R |
d |
| WY | 3 |
R |
r |
R |
R |
R |
Sources:
Cite 1,
Cite 2,
Cite 3,
Cite 4
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