Nevada

Party timeline · 1864–2024

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Swing timeline · Nevada

One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 15 flips across 41 cycles.

Electoral votes over time

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Rep 21

Dem 19

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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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Nevada in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
Year	Carried by	Dem	Rep	Others named	Margin	Swing
2024¹	Rep Trump	Harris 705,197 47.5%	Trump 751,205 50.6%	None	46,008 3.1 pts	R +5.5 since 2020
2020^2,3	Dem Biden	Biden 703,486 50.1%	Trump 669,890 47.7%	Jo Jorgensen 14,783 · 1.1%	33,596 2.4 pts	R +0.03 since 2016
2016⁴	Dem Clinton	Clinton 539,260 47.9%	Trump 512,058 45.5%	Gary Johnson 37,384 · 3.3%	27,202 2.4 pts	R +4.3 since 2012
2012⁵	Dem Obama	Obama 531,373 52.4%	Romney 463,567 45.7%	Gary Johnson 10,968 · 1.1%	67,806 6.7 pts	R +5.8 since 2008
2008⁶	Dem Obama	Obama 533,736 55.1%	McCain 412,827 42.7%	None	120,909 12.5 pts	D +15.1 since 2004
2004	Rep Bush	Kerry 397,190 47.9%	Bush 418,690 50.5%	None	21,500 2.6 pts	D +1.0 since 2000
2000⁷	Rep Bush	Gore 279,978 45.9%	Bush 301,575 49.5%	Ralph Nader 15,008 · 2.5%	21,597 3.5 pts	R +4.6 since 1996
1996⁸	Dem Clinton	Clinton 203,974 43.9%	Dole 199,244 42.9%	Ross Perot 43,986 · 9.5% Ralph Nader 4,730 · 1.0%	4,730 1.0 pts	R +1.6 since 1992
1992	Dem Clinton	Clinton 189,148 37.4%	Bush 175,828 34.7%	Ross Perot 132,580 · 26.2%	13,320 2.6 pts	D +24.0 since 1988
1988	Rep Bush	Dukakis 132,738 38.7%	Bush 206,040 60.0%	Ron Paul 3,520 · 1.0%	73,302 21.4 pts	D +13.0 since 1984
1984	Rep Reagan	Mondale 91,655 32.4%	Reagan 188,770 66.8%	None	97,115 34.4 pts	D +1.9 since 1980
1980	Rep Reagan	Carter 66,666 27.4%	Reagan 155,017 63.6%	John B. Anderson 17,651 · 7.2% Ed Clark 4,358 · 1.8%	88,351 36.3 pts	R +31.9 since 1976
1976	Rep Ford	Carter 92,479 45.8%	Ford 101,273 50.2%	None	8,794 4.4 pts	D +23.0 since 1972
1972	Rep Nixon	McGovern 66,016 36.3%	Nixon 115,750 63.7%	None	49,734 27.4 pts	R +19.2 since 1968
1968	Rep Nixon	Humphrey 60,598 39.3%	Nixon 73,188 47.5%	George Wallace 20,432 · 13.2%	12,590 8.2 pts	R +25.3 since 1964
1964	Dem Johnson	Johnson 79,339 58.6%	Goldwater 56,094 41.4%	None	23,245 17.2 pts	D +14.8 since 1960
1960	Dem Kennedy	Kennedy 54,880 51.2%	Nixon 52,387 48.8%	None	2,493 2.3 pts	D +18.3 since 1956
1956	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 40,640 42.0%	Eisenhower 56,049 58.0%	None	15,409 15.9 pts	D +7.0 since 1952
1952	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 31,688 38.6%	Eisenhower 50,502 61.4%	None	18,814 22.9 pts	R +26.0 since 1948
1948	Dem Truman	Truman 31,291 50.4%	Dewey 29,357 47.3%	Henry A. Wallace 1,469 · 2.4%	1,934 3.1 pts	R +6.1 since 1944
1944	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 29,623 54.6%	Dewey 24,611 45.4%	None	5,012 9.2 pts	R +10.9 since 1940
1940	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 31,945 60.1%	Willkie 21,229 39.9%	None	10,716 20.2 pts	R +25.5 since 1936
1936	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 31,925 72.8%	Landon 11,923 27.2%	None	20,002 45.6 pts	D +6.8 since 1932
1932	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 28,756 69.4%	Hoover 12,674 30.6%	None	16,082 38.8 pts	D +51.9 since 1928
1928	Rep Hoover	Smith 14,090 43.5%	Hoover 18,327 56.5%	None	4,237 13.1 pts	D +6.7 since 1924
1924	Rep Coolidge	Davis 5,909 21.9%	Coolidge 11,243 41.8%	Robert M. La Follette 9,769 · 36.3%	1,474 5.5 pts	D +0.9 since 1920
1920⁹	Rep Harding	Cox 9,851⁹ 36.2%	Harding 15,479⁹ 56.9%	Eugene V. Debs 1,864 · 6.9%⁹	5,628 20.7 pts	R +37.8 since 1916
1916	Dem Wilson	Wilson 17,778 53.9%	Hughes 12,131 36.8%	Allan L. Benson 3,069 · 9.3%	5,647 17.1 pts	R +6.7 since 1912
1912	Dem Wilson	Wilson 7,986 39.7%	Taft 3,196 15.9%	Theodore Roosevelt 5,620 · 27.9% Eugene V. Debs 3,313 · 16.5%	2,366 11.8 pts	D +22.0 since 1908
1908	Dem Bryan	Bryan 11,212 45.7%	Taft 10,775 43.9%	Eugene V. Debs 2,103 · 8.6% Thomas L. Hisgen 436 · 1.8%	437 1.8 pts	D +25.6 since 1904
1904¹⁰	Rep Roosevelt	Parker 3,982¹⁰ 32.9%	Roosevelt 6,867¹⁰ 56.7%	Eugene V. Debs 925 · 7.6%¹⁰ Thomas E. Watson 344 · 2.8%¹⁰	2,885 23.8 pts	R +48.4 since 1900
1900	Dem Bryan	Bryan 6,376 62.3%	McKinley 3,860 37.7%	None	2,516 24.6 pts	R +37.8 since 1896
1896¹¹	Dem Bryan	Bryan 8,377¹¹ 81.2%	McKinley 1,938¹¹ 18.8%	None	6,439 62.4 pts	D +81.7 since 1892
1892^12,13	Pop Weaver	Cleveland 714¹² 6.6%	Harrison 2,811¹² 25.8%	James B. Weaver 7,264 · 66.8%¹²	4,453 40.9 pts	R +4.2 since 1888
1888	Rep Harrison	Cleveland 5,326 42.3%	Harrison 7,229 57.4%	None	1,903 15.1 pts	R +2.5 since 1884
1884¹⁴	Rep Blaine	Cleveland 5,578¹⁴ 43.6%	Blaine 7,193¹⁴ 56.2%	None	1,615 12.6 pts	R +17.4 since 1880
1880¹⁵	Dem Hancock	Hancock 9,611¹⁵ 52.4%	Garfield 8,732¹⁵ 47.6%	None	879 4.8 pts	D +10.3 since 1876
1876¹⁶	Rep Hayes	Tilden 9,308¹⁶ 47.3%	Hayes 10,383¹⁶ 52.7%	None	1,075 5.5 pts	D +9.4 since 1872
1872^17,18	Rep Grant	Greeley 6,236¹⁷ 42.6%	Grant 8,413¹⁷ 57.4%	None	2,177 14.9 pts	R +4.1 since 1868
1868¹⁹	Rep Grant	Seymour 5,218¹⁹ 44.6%	Grant 6,480¹⁹ 55.4%	None	1,262 10.8 pts	First sourced year
1864²⁰	Rep Lincoln	State popular vote not yet sourced.

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 19,625 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 3,138 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
2020 The source reports 14,079 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
2016 'Other candidates' includes 28,863 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 5,770 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 6,267 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
2000 'Other candidates' includes 3,771 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
1996 'Other candidates' includes 5,608 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1904 The official table prints a state total of 36,154, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 12,118); their sum is used.
1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1892 With a few exceptions, Nevada Democrats voted for Weaver's Populist electors (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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