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.
Presidential elections in Nevada |
| No. of elections | 40 |
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| Voted Democratic | 20 |
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| Voted Republican | 19 |
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| Voted other | 1[a] |
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| Voted for winning candidate | 32 |
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| Voted for losing candidate | 8 |
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Winners of the state are in bold, and shaded in the party of the state winner.
| Year
|
Winner (nationally)
|
Votes
|
Percent
|
Runner-up (nationally)
|
Votes
|
Percent
|
Other national candidates[b] |
Votes
|
Percent
|
Electoral Votes
|
Notes
|
|---|
| 2020[1] |
Joe Biden |
703,486 |
50.06 |
Donald Trump |
669,890 |
47.67 |
— |
|
|
6 |
|
| 2016[2] |
Donald Trump[c] |
512,058 |
45.50 |
Hillary Clinton |
539,260 |
47.92 |
—
|
|
|
6 |
|
| 2012[3] |
Barack Obama |
531,373 |
52.36 |
Mitt Romney |
463,567 |
45.68 |
—
|
|
|
6 |
|
| 2008[4] |
Barack Obama |
533,736 |
55.15 |
John McCain |
412,827 |
42.65 |
—
|
|
|
5 |
|
| 2004[5] |
George W. Bush |
418,690 |
50.47 |
John Kerry |
397,190 |
47.88 |
—
|
|
|
5 |
|
| 2000[6] |
George W. Bush[c] |
301,575 |
49.52 |
Al Gore |
279,978 |
45.98 |
—
|
|
|
4 |
|
| 1996[7] |
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[8] |
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.
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