California's electoral votes in U.S. presidential elections 1852-2020
1912, where Theodore Roosevelt won the state while campaigning as the Progressive Party's nominee. Between 1952 and 1988, there was only one election that was not won by the Republican candidate, while all elections since 1992 have been won by the Democratic nominee. In the 2020 election, Joe Biden won the most populous state in the U.S. by a margin of almost thirty percent; with the Oakland-born Senator from California, Kamala Harris, as his running-mate.
Since 1852, the U.S. presidential election has been contested in California 43 times, with Californians successfully voting for the winning candidate on 35 occasions, giving an overall success rate of 81 percent. California has awarded the majority of its electoral votes to the Republican Party in 23 elections, the Democratic Party in 19 elections, and the only year where a third party candidate won a majority was in