United States presidential elections in Arizona

Presidential elections in Arizona

Number of elections| 29
Voted Democratic| 9
Voted Republican| 20
Voted other| 0
Voted for winning candidate| 23
Voted for losing candidate| 6

Since Arizona's admission to the Union in February 1912,[1] it has participated in 28 United States presidential elections.

Since the 1950s, Arizona has been considered a stronghold state for the Republican Party, with the party carrying the state in all subsequent elections except 1996 and 2020 (and even then, Democrats won with narrow pluralities).[2] However, recent political realignment has led some to consider Arizona as a swing state, influenced by demographic changes and trends in Maricopa County and other suburban areas in the state.[2][3]

Democrats have in less recent elections carried the state by large margins amidst favorable national environments. In the 1936 presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt won Arizona in a landslide, defeating the Republican Party's candidate Alf Landon by 42.92%,[4] which remains the largest margin of victory for any presidential candidate in the state's history.

The state's electoral votes came under controversy in the 2020 presidential election, when Democratic nominee Joe Biden narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Donald Trump in the state, by a margin of just 0.3%.[5] During the Electoral College vote count, 69 congressional Republicans unsuccessfully objected to the certification of electoral votes of Arizona amidst false claims of fraud.[6]

As of 2022, no Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arizona since its statehood in 1912, although Democrats have won the presidency without carrying the state on six occasions, most recently Barack Obama in 2012.

## Presidential elections

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Key for parties

American Independent Party – (AI)

Communist Party USA – (CPUSA)

Constitution Party – (CP)

Democratic Party – (D)

Green Party – (G)

Independent candidate – (I)

Libertarian Party – (LI)

Prohibition Party – (PRO)

Progressive Party (1912) – (PR)

Progressive Party (1948) – (PR)

Reform Party – (RE)

Republican Party – (R)

Socialist Party of America – (S)

Socialist Labor Party of America – (SLP)

Union Party – (U)

Note - A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.
Note - Percentages may not total 100.0% because of rounding.

Presidential elections in Arizona from 1912 to present Year  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Other candidate[a] | EV | Ref.

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Candidate  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

1912

|  | Woodrow Wilson (D)‡  | 10,324  | 43.6%  |  | Theodore Roosevelt (PR) | 6,949  | 29.3%  |  | Eugene Debs (S) | 3,163  | 13.4%  | 3  |

[b][7][8][9]

1916

|  | Woodrow Wilson (D)‡  | 33,170  | 57.2%  |  | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 20,522  | 35.4%  |  | Allan L. Benson (S) | 3,174  | 5.5%  | 3  |

[10][11][12]

1920

|  | Warren G. Harding (R) ‡  | 37,016  | 55.4%  |  | James M. Cox (D) | 29,546  | 44.2%  |  | Eugene Debs (S) | 222  | 0.3%  | 3  |

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1924

|  | Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡  | 30,516  | 41.3%  |  | John W. Davis (D) | 26,235  | 35.5%  |  | Robert M. La Follette (PR) | 17,210  | 23.3%  | 3  |

[16][17][18]

1928

|  | Herbert Hoover (R)‡  | 52,533  | 57.6%  |  | Al Smith (D) | 38,537  | 42.2%  |  | William Z. Foster (CPUSA) | 184  | 0.2%  | 3  |

[19][20][21]

1932

|  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡  | 79,264  | 67.0%  |  | Herbert Hoover (R) | 36,104  | 30.5%  |  | Norman Thomas (S) | 2,618  | 2.2%  | 3  |

[22][23][24]

1936

|  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡  | 86,722  | 69.8%  |  | Alf Landon (R) | 33,433  | 26.9%  |  | William Lemke (U) | 3,307  | 2.7%  | 3  |

[4][25][26]

1940

|  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡  | 95,267  | 63.5%  |  | Wendell Willkie (R) | 54,030  | 36.0%  |  | Roger Babson (PRO) | 742  | 0.5%  | 3  |

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1944

|  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡  | 80,926  | 58.8%  |  | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | 56,287  | 40.9%  |  | Claude A. Watson (PRO) | 421  | 0.3%  | 4  |

[30][31][32]

1948

|  | Harry S. Truman (D) ‡  | 95,251  | 53.8%  |  | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | 77,597  | 43.8%  |  | Henry A. Wallace (PR) | 3,310  | 1.9%  | 4  |

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1952

|  | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡  | 152,042  | 58.3%  |  | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 108,528  | 41.7%  |

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1956

|  | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡  | 176,990  | 61.0%  |  | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 112,880  | 38.9%  |  | T. Coleman Andrews (C) | 303  | 0.1%  | 4  |

[39][40][41]

1960

|  | Richard Nixon (R) | 221,241  | 55.5%  |  | John F. Kennedy (D) ‡  | 176,781  | 44.4%  |  | Eric Hass (SLP) | 469  | 0.1%  | 4  |

[42][43][44]

1964

|  | Barry Goldwater[c] (R) | 242,535  | 50.4%  |  | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡  | 237,753  | 49.5%  |  | Eric Hass (SLP) | 482  | 0.1%  | 5  |

[45][46][47]

1968

|  | Richard Nixon (R) ‡  | 266,721  | 54.8%  |  | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 170,514  | 35.0%  |  | George Wallace (AI) | 46,573  | 9.6%  | 5  |

[48][49][50]

1972

|  | Richard Nixon (R) ‡  | 402,812  | 64.7%  |  | George McGovern (D) | 198,540  | 31.9%  |  | John G. Schmitz (AI) | 21,208  | 3.4%  | 6  |

[51][52]

1976

|  | Gerald Ford (R) | 418,642  | 56.4%  |  | Jimmy Carter (D) ‡  | 295,602  | 39.8%  |  | Eugene McCarthy (I) | 19,229  | 2.6%  | 6  |

[53][54][55]

1980

|  | Ronald Reagan (R) ‡  | 529,688  | 60.6%  |  | Jimmy Carter (D) | 246,843  | 28.2%  |  | John B. Anderson (I) | 76,952  | 8.8%  | 6  |

[56][57][58]

1984

|  | Ronald Reagan (R) ‡  | 681,416  | 66.4%  |  | Walter Mondale (D) | 333,854  | 32.5%  |  | David Bergland (LI) | 10,585  | 1.0%  | 7  |

[59][60][61]

1988

|  | George H. W. Bush (R) ‡  | 702,541  | 60.0%  |  | Michael Dukakis (D) | 454,029  | 38.7%  |  | Ron Paul (LI) | 13,351  | 1.1%  | 7  |

[62][63][64]

1992

|  | George H. W. Bush (R) | 572,086  | 38.5%  |  | Bill Clinton (D) ‡  | 543,050  | 36.5%  |  | Ross Perot (I) | 353,741  | 23.8%  | 8  |

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1996

|  | Bill Clinton (D) ‡  | 653,288  | 46.5%  |  | Bob Dole (R) | 622,073  | 44.3%  |  | Ross Perot (RE) | 112,072  | 8.0%  | 8  |

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2000

|  | George W. Bush (R) ‡  | 781,652  | 51.0%  |  | Al Gore (D) | 685,341  | 44.7%  |  | Ralph Nader (G) | 45,645  | 3.0%  | 8  |

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2004

|  | George W. Bush (R)‡  | 1,104,294  | 54.9%  |  | John Kerry (D) | 893,524  | 44.4%  |  | Michael Badnarik (LI) | 11,856  | 0.6%  | 10  |

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2008

|  | John McCain[d] (R) | 1,230,111  | 53.6%  |  | Barack Obama (D)‡  | 1,034,707  | 45.1%  |  | Bob Barr (LI) | 12,555  | 0.5%  | 10  |

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2012

|  | Mitt Romney (R) | 1,233,654  | 53.7%  |  | Barack Obama (D)‡  | 1,025,232  | 44.6%  |  | Gary Johnson (LI) | 32,100  | 1.4%  | 11  |

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2016

|  | Donald Trump (R)‡  | 1,252,401  | 48.7%  |  | Hillary Clinton (D) | 1,161,167  | 45.1%  |  | Gary Johnson (LI) | 106,327  | 4.1%  | 11  |

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2020

|  | Joe Biden (D)‡  | 1,672,143  | 49.4%  |  | Donald Trump (R) | 1,661,686  | 49.1%  |  | Jo Jorgensen (LI) | 51,465  | 1.5%  | 11  |

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2024

|  | Donald Trump (R)‡  | 1,770,242  | 52.2%  |  | Kamala Harris (D) | 1,582,860  | 46.7%  |  | Jill Stein (G) | 18,319  | 0.5%  | 11  |

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## See also

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* Elections in Arizona
* List of United States presidential election results by state

## Notes

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1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Arizona.
2. ^ The incumbent president William Howard Taft finished fourth in Arizona, receiving 3,021 votes (12.8%).[7]
3. ^ Arizona was the home state of Barry Goldwater.
4. ^ Arizona was the home state of John McCain.

## References

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1. ^ "Territories to Statehood, the Southwest: Topics in Chronicling America". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
2. ^ a b Hansen, Ronald J. (October 12, 2020). "Arizona was once a sure bet for Republicans. Now it's a key swing state in the election". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
3. ^ Widakuswara, Patsy (October 23, 2020). "These US 'Swing' States May Decide 2020 Election". Voice of America. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
4. ^ a b Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 783.
5. ^ a b "Official 2020 Presidential General Election Result" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
6. ^ "Objection to Counting the Electoral Votes of the State of Arizona" (PDF). CNN. January 6, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
7. ^ a b Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 777.
8. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 106.
9. ^ Leip, David. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
10. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 778.
11. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 107.
12. ^ Leip, David. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
13. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 779.
14. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 108.
15. ^ Leip, David. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
16. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 780.
17. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 109.
18. ^ Leip, David. "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
19. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 781.
20. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 110.
21. ^ Leip, David. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
22. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 782.
23. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 111.
24. ^ Leip, David. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
25. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 112.
26. ^ Leip, David. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
27. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 784.
28. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 113.
29. ^ Leip, David. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
30. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 785.
31. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 114.
32. ^ Leip, David. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
33. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 786.
34. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 115.
35. ^ Leip, David. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
36. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 787.
37. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 116.
38. ^ Leip, David. "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
39. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 788.
40. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 117.
41. ^ Leip, David. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
42. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 789.
43. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 118.
44. ^ Leip, David. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
45. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 790.
46. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 119.
47. ^ Leip, David. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
48. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 791.
49. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 120.
50. ^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
51. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 792.
52. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 121.
53. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 793.
54. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 122.
55. ^ Leip, David. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
56. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 794.
57. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 123.
58. ^ Leip, David. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
59. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 795.
60. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 124.
61. ^ Leip, David. "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
62. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 796.
63. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 125.
64. ^ Leip, David. "1988 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
65. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 1992 General Election – November 3, 1992" (PDF). Secretary of State of Arizona. November 23, 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
66. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 1996 General Election – November 5, 1996" (PDF). Secretary of State of Arizona. November 26, 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
67. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 2000 General Election – November 7, 2000" (PDF). Secretary of State of Arizona. November 27, 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
68. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 2004 General Election – November 2, 2004" (PDF). Secretary of State of Arizona. November 22, 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
69. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 2008 General Election – November 4, 2008" (PDF). Secretary of State of Arizona. December 1, 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
70. ^ "Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. p. 27\. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
71. ^ "Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. p. 25\. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
72. ^ "2024 General Election Signed Canvass" (PDF). AZSOS. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

## Works cited

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* Guide to U.S. Elections. SAGE Publications. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60426-536-1.
* Presidential elections, 1789–1996. Congressional Quarterly. 1997. ISBN 978-1-56802-065-5. LCCN 97019084. OL 673017M.

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