United States presidential elections in North Dakota
Presidential elections in North Dakota Number of elections 33 Voted Democratic 5 Voted Republican 27 Voted other 1[a] Voted for winning candidate 22 Voted for losing candidate 11
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Dakota , ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, North Dakota has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold . The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates[b]
Votes
Percent
Electoral Votes
Notes
2020 [1]
Joe Biden
114,902
31.76
Donald Trump
235,595
65.11
—
3
2016 [2]
Donald Trump [c]
216,794
62.96
Hillary Clinton
93,758
27.23
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3
2012 [3]
Barack Obama
124,827
38.69
Mitt Romney
188,163
58.32
—
3
2008 [4]
Barack Obama
141,278
44.62
John McCain
168,601
53.25
—
3
2004 [5]
George W. Bush
196,651
62.86
John Kerry
111,052
35.5
—
3
2000 [6]
George W. Bush [c]
174,852
60.66
Al Gore
95,284
33.06
—
3
1996 [7]
Bill Clinton
106,905
40.13
Bob Dole
125,050
46.94
Ross Perot
32,515
12.2
3
1992
Bill Clinton
99,168
32.18
George H. W. Bush
136,244
44.22
Ross Perot
71,084
23.07
3
1988
George H. W. Bush
166,559
56.03
Michael Dukakis
127,739
42.97
—
3
1984
Ronald Reagan
200,336
64.84
Walter Mondale
104,429
33.8
—
3
1980
Ronald Reagan
193,695
64.23
Jimmy Carter
79,189
26.26
John B. Anderson
23,640
7.84
3
1976
Jimmy Carter
136,078
45.80
Gerald Ford
153,470
51.66
—
3
1972
Richard Nixon
174,109
62.07
George McGovern
100,384
35.79
—
3
1968
Richard Nixon
138,669
55.94
Hubert Humphrey
94,769
38.23
George Wallace
14,244
5.75
4
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
149,784
57.97
Barry Goldwater
108,207
41.88
—
4
1960
John F. Kennedy
123,963
44.52
Richard Nixon
154,310
55.42
—
4
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
156,766
61.72
Adlai Stevenson II
96,742
38.09
T. Coleman Andrews /Unpledged Electors [d]
483
0.19
4
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
191,712
70.97
Adlai Stevenson II
76,694
28.39
—
4
1948
Harry S. Truman
95,812
43.41
Thomas E. Dewey
115,139
52.17
Strom Thurmond
374
0.17
4
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100,144
45.48
Thomas E. Dewey
118,535
53.84
—
4
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
124,036
44.18
Wendell Willkie
154,590
55.06
—
4
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt
163,148
59.60
Alf Landon
72,751
26.58
—
4
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
178,350
69.59
Herbert Hoover
71,772
28
—
4
1928
Herbert Hoover
131,441
54.80
Al Smith
106,648
44.46
—
5
1924
Calvin Coolidge
94,931
47.68
John W. Davis
13,858
6.96
Robert M. La Follette
89,922
45.17
5
1920
Warren G. Harding
160,072
77.79
James M. Cox
37,422
18.19
Parley P. Christensen
—
—
5
1916
Woodrow Wilson
55,206
47.84
Charles E. Hughes
53,471
46.34
—
5
1912
Woodrow Wilson
29,555
34.14
Theodore Roosevelt
25,726
29.71
William H. Taft
23,090
26.67
5
1908
William H. Taft
57,680
61.02
William Jennings Bryan
32,885
34.79
—
4
1904
Theodore Roosevelt
52,595
75.12
Alton B. Parker
14,273
20.39
—
4
1900
William McKinley
35,898
62.12
William Jennings Bryan
20,531
35.53
—
3
1896
William McKinley
26,335
55.57
William Jennings Bryan
20,686
43.65
—
3
1892
Grover Cleveland
0
0
Benjamin Harrison
17,519
48.50
James B. Weaver
17,700
49.01
3
Electoral vote split three ways, with each candidate getting one electoral vote.
See also
Notes
^ James B. Weaver, 1892.
^ 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.
^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
References