North Dakota

Party timeline · 1892–2024

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Swing timeline · North Dakota

One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 7 flips across 34 cycles.

Electoral votes over time

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Rep 28

Dem 5

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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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North Dakota in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
Year	Carried by	Dem	Rep	Others named	Margin	Swing
2024	Rep Trump	Harris 112,327 30.5%	Trump 246,505 67.0%	Chase Oliver 6,227 · 1.7%	134,178 36.4 pts	R +3.1 since 2020
2020	Rep Trump	Biden 114,902 31.8%	Trump 235,595 65.1%	Jo Jorgensen 9,393 · 2.6%	120,693 33.4 pts	D +2.4 since 2016
2016¹	Rep Trump	Clinton 93,758 27.2%	Trump 216,794 63.0%	Gary Johnson 21,434 · 6.2% Jill Stein 3,780 · 1.1%	123,036 35.7 pts	R +16.1 since 2012
2012	Rep Romney	Obama 124,966 38.7%	Romney 188,320 58.3%	Gary Johnson 5,238 · 1.6%	63,354 19.6 pts	R +11.0 since 2008
2008	Rep McCain	Obama 141,278 44.6%	McCain 168,601 53.3%	Ralph Nader 4,189 · 1.3%	27,323 8.6 pts	D +18.7 since 2004
2004	Rep Bush	Kerry 111,052 35.5%	Bush 196,651 62.9%	Ralph Nader 3,756 · 1.2%	85,599 27.4 pts	D +0.2 since 2000
2000²	Rep Bush	Gore 95,284 33.1%	Bush 174,852 60.7%	Pat Buchanan 7,288 · 2.5%	79,568 27.6 pts	R +20.8 since 1996
1996	Rep Dole	Clinton 106,905 40.1%	Dole 125,050 46.9%	Ross Perot 32,515 · 12.2%	18,145 6.8 pts	D +5.2 since 1992
1992	Rep Bush	Clinton 99,168 32.2%	Bush 136,244 44.2%	Ross Perot 71,084 · 23.1%	37,076 12.0 pts	D +1.0 since 1988
1988	Rep Bush	Dukakis 127,739 43.0%	Bush 166,559 56.0%	None	38,820 13.1 pts	D +18.0 since 1984
1984	Rep Reagan	Mondale 104,429 33.8%	Reagan 200,336 64.8%	None	95,907 31.0 pts	D +7.0 since 1980
1980	Rep Reagan	Carter 79,189 26.3%	Reagan 193,695 64.3%	John B. Anderson 23,640 · 7.9% Ed Clark 3,743 · 1.2%	114,506 38.0 pts	R +32.1 since 1976
1976	Rep Ford	Carter 136,078 45.8%	Ford 153,684 51.7%	Thomas J. Anderson 3,698 · 1.2%	17,606 5.9 pts	D +20.4 since 1972
1972	Rep Nixon	McGovern 100,384 35.8%	Nixon 174,109 62.1%	John G. Schmitz 5,646 · 2.0%	73,725 26.3 pts	R +8.6 since 1968
1968³	Rep Nixon	Humphrey 94,769³ 38.2%	Nixon 138,669³ 55.9%	George Wallace 14,244 · 5.7%³	43,900 17.7 pts	R +33.8 since 1964
1964	Dem Johnson	Johnson 149,784 58.0%	Goldwater 108,207 41.9%	None	41,577 16.1 pts	D +27.0 since 1960
1960	Rep Nixon	Kennedy 123,963 44.5%	Nixon 154,310 55.4%	None	30,347 10.9 pts	D +12.7 since 1956
1956⁴	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 96,742⁴ 38.1%	Eisenhower 156,766⁴ 61.7%	None	60,024 23.6 pts	D +18.9 since 1952
1952⁵	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 76,694⁵ 28.4%	Eisenhower 191,712⁵ 71.0%	None	115,018 42.6 pts	R +33.8 since 1948
1948	Rep Dewey	Truman 95,812 43.4%	Dewey 115,139 52.2%	Henry A. Wallace 8,391 · 3.8%	19,327 8.8 pts	R +0.4 since 1944
1944	Rep Dewey	Roosevelt 100,144 45.5%	Dewey 118,535 53.8%	None	18,391 8.4 pts	D +2.5 since 1940
1940⁶	Rep Willkie	Roosevelt 124,036⁶ 44.2%	Willkie 154,590⁶ 55.1%	None	30,554 10.9 pts	R +43.9 since 1936
1936	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 163,148 59.6%	Landon 72,751 26.6%	William Lemke 36,708 · 13.4%	90,397 33.0 pts	R +8.6 since 1932
1932	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 178,350 69.6%	Hoover 71,772 28.0%	Norman Thomas 3,521 · 1.4%	106,578 41.6 pts	D +51.9 since 1928
1928	Rep Hoover	Smith 106,648 44.5%	Hoover 131,441 54.8%	None	24,793 10.3 pts	D +30.4 since 1924
1924^7,8	Rep Coolidge	Davis 13,858⁷ 7.0%	Coolidge 94,931⁷ 47.7%	Robert M. La Follette 89,922 · 45.2%⁷	5,009 2.5 pts	D +18.9 since 1920
1920^9,10	Rep Harding	Cox 37,422⁹ 18.2%	Harding 160,072⁹ 77.8%	None	122,650 59.6 pts	R +61.1 since 1916
1916	Dem Wilson	Wilson 55,206 47.8%	Hughes 53,471 46.3%	Allan L. Benson 5,716 · 5.0%	1,735 1.5 pts	R +6.0 since 1912
1912	Dem Wilson	Wilson 29,555 34.1%	Taft 23,090 26.7%	Theodore Roosevelt 25,726 · 29.7% Eugene V. Debs 6,966 · 8.0% Eugene W. Chafin 1,243 · 1.4%	3,829 4.4 pts	D +33.7 since 1908
1908	Rep Taft	Bryan 32,885 34.8%	Taft 57,680 61.0%	Eugene V. Debs 2,421 · 2.6% Eugene W. Chafin 1,553 · 1.6%	24,795 26.2 pts	D +28.4 since 1904
1904	Rep Roosevelt	Parker 14,273 20.3%	Roosevelt 52,595 74.9%	Eugene V. Debs 2,005 · 2.9% Silas C. Swallow 1,137 · 1.6%	38,322 54.6 pts	R +28.0 since 1900
1900	Rep McKinley	Bryan 20,519 35.5%	McKinley 35,891 62.1%	John G. Woolley 731 · 1.3%	15,372 26.6 pts	R +14.7 since 1896
1896¹¹	Rep McKinley	Bryan 20,686¹¹ 43.7%	McKinley 26,335¹¹ 55.6%	None	5,649 11.9 pts	No Dem–Rep pair to compare
1892^12,13	Pop Weaver Cleveland 1, Harrison 1, Weaver 1	No Democrat named	Harrison 17,519¹² 48.5%	James B. Weaver 17,700 · 49.0%¹² John Bidwell 899 · 2.5%¹²	181 0.5 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

2016 The source reports 6,397 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'.
2000 The source reports 10,459 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
1968 The official table notes: Others 34: footnote 10, 'Constitution Party.'
1956 The official table notes: Others: votes for For America Party (footnote 11).
1952 The official table notes: Others: Christian Nationalist Party votes (footnote 3).
1940 The official table notes: Other: Alfred Knutson, 545.
1924 La Follette's figure is the official table's: nonpartisan (footnote 7).
1924 The official table notes: Nonpartisan (footnote 7).
1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Individual 8,282.
1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1892 The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.

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). How these figures were compiled

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