HI
Hawaii
Party timeline · 1960–2024
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Swing timeline · Hawaii
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 4 flips across 17 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 15
2
Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20241 | Dem Harris | Harris 313,044 59.9% | Trump 193,661 37.1% | None | 119,383 22.9 pts | R +6.3 since 2020 |
| 20202 | Dem Biden | Biden 366,130 63.1% | Trump 196,864 34.0% | None | 169,266 29.2 pts | R +2.3 since 2016 |
| 20163 | Dem Clinton Clinton 3, Sanders 1 (faithless elector) | Clinton 266,891 61.0% | Trump 128,847 29.4% | Gary Johnson 15,954 · 3.6% Jill Stein 12,737 · 2.9% Darrell Castle 4,508 · 1.0% | 138,044 31.5 pts | R +10.9 since 2012 |
| 20124 | Dem Obama | Obama 306,658 70.1% | Romney 121,015 27.7% | None | 185,643 42.5 pts | R +2.6 since 2008 |
| 20085 | Dem Obama | Obama 325,871 71.5% | McCain 120,566 26.4% | None | 205,305 45.0 pts | D +36.3 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 231,708 54.0% | Bush 194,191 45.3% | None | 37,517 8.7 pts | R +9.6 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 205,286 55.8% | Bush 137,845 37.5% | Ralph Nader 21,623 · 5.9% | 67,441 18.3 pts | R +7.0 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 205,012 56.9% | Dole 113,943 31.6% | Ross Perot 27,358 · 7.6% Ralph Nader 10,386 · 2.9% | 91,069 25.3 pts | D +13.9 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 179,310 48.1% | Bush 136,822 36.7% | Ross Perot 53,003 · 14.2% | 42,488 11.4 pts | D +1.9 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Dem Dukakis | Dukakis 192,364 54.3% | Bush 158,625 44.8% | None | 33,739 9.5 pts | D +20.8 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 147,154 43.8% | Reagan 185,050 55.1% | None | 37,896 11.3 pts | R +13.2 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Dem Carter | Carter 135,879 44.8% | Reagan 130,112 42.9% | John B. Anderson 32,021 · 10.6% Ed Clark 3,269 · 1.1% | 5,767 1.9 pts | R +0.6 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 147,375 50.6% | Ford 140,003 48.1% | Roger MacBride 3,923 · 1.3% | 7,372 2.5 pts | D +27.5 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 101,409 37.5% | Nixon 168,865 62.5% | None | 67,456 25.0 pts | R +46.1 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 141,324 59.8% | Nixon 91,425 38.7% | George Wallace 3,469 · 1.5% | 49,899 21.1 pts | R +36.4 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 163,249 78.8% | Goldwater 44,022 21.2% | None | 119,227 57.5 pts | D +57.5 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 92,410 50.0% | Nixon 92,295 50.0% | None | 115 0.06 pts | First sourced year |
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2024 'Other candidates' includes 5,535 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 6,246 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 'Other candidates' includes 8,727 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2012 'Other candidates' includes 2,462 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2008 'Other candidates' includes 2,496 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 . How these figures were compiled
Results · oldest → newest
New Deal Coalition
1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Humphrey
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Carter
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Dukakis
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Clinton
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Biden
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Harris
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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