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Presidential Election - Results by State

Results by State, 1992-2008

This table shows how each state has voted in the the five presidential elections from 1972 to 1988. It also shows whether the 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.

Also see Presidential Election Results by State, 1972-1988

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 1992
CLINTON
Bush
1996
CLINTON
Dole
2000
BUSH
Gore
2004
BUSH
Kerry
2008
OBAMA
McCain
AL 9 r r R R r
ALK 3 r r R R r
AZ 10 r D R R r
ARK 6 D D R R r
CA 55 D D d d D
CO 9 D r R R D
CT 7 D D d d D
DE 3 D D d d D
DC 3 D D d d D
FL 27 r D R R D
GA 15 D r R R r
HI 4 D D d d D
ID 4 r r R R r
IL 21 D D d d D
IN 11 r r R R D
IA 7 D D d R D
KS 6 r r R R r
KY 8 D D R R r
LA 9 D D R R r
ME 4 D D d d D
MD 10 D D d d D
MA 12 D D d d D
MI 17 D D d d D
MN 10 D D d d D
MS 6 r r R R r
MO 11 D D R R r
MT 3 D r R R r
NE 5 r r R R r
NV 5 D D R R D
NH 4 D D R d D
NJ 15 D D d d D
NM 5 D D d R D
NY 31 D D d d D
NC 15 r r R R D
ND 3 r r R R r
OH 20 D D R R D
OK 7 r r R R r
OR 7 D D d d D
PA 21 D D d d D
RI 4 D D d d D
SC 8 r r R R r
SD 3 r r R R r
TN 11 D D R R r
TX 34 r r R R r
UT 5 r r R R r
VT 3 D D d d D
VA 13 r r R R D
WA 11 D D d d D
WV 5 D D R R r
WI 10 D D d d D
WY 3 r r R R r

Sources: Cite 1, Cite 2, Cite 3, Cite 4, Cite 5

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