California

California, which rapidly gained population during the Gold Rush of 1848, joined the union in September, 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. With the exception of 1920 (when Congress failed to pass a reapportionment act) and 2010, the state has gained electoral votes from every census since its founding. In 1972, California reached 45 electoral votes, passing New York for most in the country. With 55 currently, the state has more than 10% of all available electoral votes.

While growth in the Latino population has helped make California a reliably Democratic state today, this was not always the case. In fact, from 1952 through 1988, Republicans won every presidential election except the landslide loss of Barry Goldwater in 1964. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the state by 30 points over Donald Trump. This marks the third consecutive election that the Democratic nominee has surpassed 60% in the state.

ELECTORAL VOTES

2020 ELECTION

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2020 California Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020

63.5%

34.3%

2016

61.7%

31.6%

2012

60.2%

37.1%

2008

61.0%

37.0%

2004

54.3%

44.4%

2000

53.4%

41.7%

Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

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Electoral College Votes

Democratic

Republican

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Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Hover to see names.

U.S. Senate Voting History

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Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse. These are general election results for the years listed.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

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Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project. These are general election results for the years listed.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002 and 2012 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

Governor Voting History

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Data: Wikipedia. These are general election results for the years listed.

California

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Presidential Voting History

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U.S. Senate Voting History

U.S. House Voting History

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24	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
25	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R
26	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
27	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
28	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
29	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
30	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
31	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D
32	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
33	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
34	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
35	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
36	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
37	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
38	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
39	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R
40	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
41	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
42	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
43	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
44	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
45	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D
46					R	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
47					R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
48					R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R
49					D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D
50					D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
51					R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
52					R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
53										D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D