United States presidential elections in Washington

Presidential elections in Washington

Number of elections	32
Voted Democrat	17
Voted Republican	14
Voted other	1[1]
Voted for winning candidate	22
Voted for losing candidate	10

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Washington, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, Washington has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2016	Donald Trump	1,211,162	38.07	Hillary Clinton	1,728,729	54.33	-	-		12
2012	Barack Obama	1,755,396	56.16	Mitt Romney	1,290,670	41.29	-			12
2008	Barack Obama	1,750,848	57.65	John McCain	1,229,216	40.48	-			11
2004	George W. Bush	1,304,894	45.64	John Kerry	1,510,201	52.82	-			11
2000	George W. Bush	1,108,864	44.58	Al Gore	1,247,652	50.16	-			11
1996	Bill Clinton	1,123,323	49.84	Bob Dole	840,712	37.3	Ross Perot	201,003	8.92	11
1992	Bill Clinton	993,037	43.41	George H. W. Bush	731,234	31.97	Ross Perot	541,780	23.68	11
1988	George H. W. Bush	903,835	48.46	Michael Dukakis	933,516	50.05	-			10
1984	Ronald Reagan	1,051,670	55.82	Walter Mondale	807,352	42.86	-			10
1980	Ronald Reagan	865,244	49.66	Jimmy Carter	650,193	37.32	John B. Anderson	185,073	10.62	9
1976	Jimmy Carter	717,323	46.11	Gerald Ford	777,732	50	-			9	electoral vote split: 8 to Ford, 1 to Reagan (faithless elector)
1972	Richard Nixon	837,135	56.92	George McGovern	568,334	38.64	-			9
1968	Richard Nixon	588,510	45.12	Hubert Humphrey	616,037	47.23	George Wallace	96,990	7.44	9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	779,881	61.97	Barry Goldwater	470,366	37.37	-			9
1960	John F. Kennedy	599,298	48.27	Richard Nixon	629,273	50.68	-			9
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	620,430	53.91	Adlai Stevenson II	523,002	45.44	-			9
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	599,107	54.33	Adlai Stevenson II	492,845	44.69	-			9
1948	Harry S. Truman	476,165	52.61	Thomas E. Dewey	386,315	42.68	Strom Thurmond	-	-	8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	486,774	56.84	Thomas E. Dewey	361,689	42.24	-			8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	462,145	58.22	Wendell Willkie	322,123	40.58	-			8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	459,579	66.38	Alf Landon	206,892	29.88	-			8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	353,260	57.46	Herbert Hoover	208,645	33.94	-			8
1928	Herbert Hoover	335,844	67.06	Al Smith	156,772	31.3	-			7
1924	Calvin Coolidge	220,224	52.24	John W. Davis	42,842	10.16	Robert M. La Follette Sr.	150,727	35.76	7
1920	Warren G. Harding	223,137	55.96	James M. Cox	84,298	21.14	-			7
1916	Woodrow Wilson	183,388	48.13	Charles E. Hughes	167,208	43.89	-			7
1912	Woodrow Wilson	86,840	26.9	Theodore Roosevelt	113,698	35.22	William H. Taft	70,445	21.82	7
1908	William H. Taft	106,062	57.68	William Jennings Bryan	58,691	31.92	-			5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	101,540	69.95	Alton B. Parker	28,098	19.36	-			5
1900	William McKinley	57,456	53.44	William Jennings Bryan	44,833	41.7	-			4
1896	William McKinley	39,153	41.84	William Jennings Bryan	53,314	56.97	-			4
1892	Grover Cleveland	29,802	33.88	Benjamin Harrison	36,460	41.45	James B. Weaver	19,165	21.79	4

References

1. Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
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.