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Pennsylvania
Party timeline · 1789–2024
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Swing timeline · Pennsylvania
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 19 flips across 60 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Rep 27
Dem 20
D-R 8
2
2
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 3,423,042 48.7% | Trump 3,543,308 50.4% | None | 120,266 1.7 pts | R +2.9 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 3,458,229 50.0% | Trump 3,377,674 48.8% | Jo Jorgensen 79,380 · 1.1% | 80,555 1.2 pts | D +1.9 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 2,926,441 47.9% | Trump 2,970,733 48.6% | Gary Johnson 146,715 · 2.4% | 44,292 0.7 pts | R +6.1 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 2,990,274 52.1% | Romney 2,680,434 46.7% | None | 309,840 5.4 pts | R +4.9 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 3,276,363 54.5% | McCain 2,655,885 44.2% | None | 620,478 10.3 pts | D +7.8 since 2004 |
| 20041 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 2,938,095 50.9% | Bush 2,793,847 48.4% | None | 144,248 2.5 pts | R +1.7 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 2,485,967 50.6% | Bush 2,281,127 46.4% | Ralph Nader 103,392 · 2.1% | 204,840 4.2 pts | R +5.0 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 2,215,819 49.2% | Dole 1,801,169 40.0% | Ross Perot 430,984 · 9.6% | 414,650 9.2 pts | D +0.2 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 2,239,164 45.1% | Bush 1,791,841 36.1% | Ross Perot 902,667 · 18.2% | 447,323 9.0 pts | D +11.3 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 2,194,944 48.4% | Bush 2,300,087 50.7% | None | 105,143 2.3 pts | D +5.0 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 2,228,131 46.0% | Reagan 2,584,323 53.3% | None | 356,192 7.4 pts | R +0.2 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 1,937,540 42.5% | Reagan 2,261,872 49.6% | John B. Anderson 292,921 · 6.4% | 324,332 7.1 pts | R +9.8 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 2,328,677 50.4% | Ford 2,205,604 47.7% | Eugene McCarthy 50,584 · 1.1% | 123,073 2.7 pts | D +22.6 since 1972 |
| 19722 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 1,796,9512 39.1% | Nixon 2,714,5212 59.1% | None | 917,570 20.0 pts | R +23.6 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 2,259,403 47.6% | Nixon 2,090,017 44.0% | George Wallace 378,582 · 8.0% | 169,386 3.6 pts | R +26.6 since 1964 |
| 19643 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 3,130,9543 64.9% | Goldwater 1,673,6573 34.7% | None | 1,457,297 30.2 pts | D +27.9 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 2,556,282 51.1% | Nixon 2,439,956 48.7% | None | 116,326 2.3 pts | D +15.5 since 1956 |
| 19564 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 1,981,7694 43.3% | Eisenhower 2,585,2524 56.5% | None | 603,483 13.2 pts | R +7.3 since 1952 |
| 19525 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 2,146,2695 46.9% | Eisenhower 2,415,7895 52.7% | None | 269,520 5.9 pts | R +1.9 since 1948 |
| 19486 | Rep Dewey | Truman 1,752,4266 46.9% | Dewey 1,902,1976 50.9% | Henry A. Wallace 55,161 · 1.5%6 | 149,771 4.0 pts | R +6.8 since 1944 |
| 19447 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 1,940,4797 51.1% | Dewey 1,835,0487 48.4% | None | 105,431 2.8 pts | R +4.1 since 1940 |
| 19408 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 2,171,0358 53.2% | Willkie 1,889,8488 46.3% | None | 281,187 6.9 pts | R +9.1 since 1936 |
| 19369 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 2,353,7889 56.9% | Landon 1,690,3009 40.8% | William Lemke 67,467 · 1.6%9 | 663,488 16.0 pts | D +21.5 since 1932 |
| 193210 | Rep Hoover | Roosevelt 1,295,94810 45.3% | Hoover 1,453,54010 50.8% | Norman Thomas 91,119 · 3.2%10 | 157,592 5.5 pts | D +25.8 since 1928 |
| 192811 | Rep Hoover | Smith 1,067,58611 33.9% | Hoover 2,055,38211 65.2% | None | 987,796 31.4 pts | D +14.9 since 1924 |
| 192412,13 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 409,19212 19.1% | Coolidge 1,401,48112 65.3% | Robert M. La Follette 307,567 · 14.3%12 | 992,289 46.3 pts | R +7.6 since 1920 |
| 192014,15 | Rep Harding | Cox 503,20214 27.2% | Harding 1,218,21514 65.8% | Eugene V. Debs 70,021 · 3.8%14 Aaron S. Watkins 42,612 · 2.3%14 | 715,013 38.6 pts | R +24.6 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Rep Hughes | Wilson 521,784 40.2% | Hughes 703,734 54.3% | Allan L. Benson 42,637 · 3.3% J. Frank Hanly 28,525 · 2.2% | 181,950 14.0 pts | R +24.1 since 1912 |
| 191216 | Prog Roosevelt | Wilson 395,61916 32.4% | Taft 273,30516 22.4% | Theodore Roosevelt 447,426 · 36.7%16 Eugene V. Debs 83,164 · 6.8%16 Eugene W. Chafin 19,533 · 1.6%16 | 51,807 4.2 pts | D +33.5 since 1908 |
| 190817 | Rep Taft | Bryan 448,77817 35.4% | Taft 745,77917 58.8% | Eugene W. Chafin 36,691 · 2.9%17 Eugene V. Debs 33,913 · 2.7%17 | 297,001 23.4 pts | D +17.5 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 335,430 27.2% | Roosevelt 840,949 68.1% | Silas C. Swallow 33,717 · 2.7% Eugene V. Debs 21,863 · 1.8% | 505,519 41.0 pts | R +16.4 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 424,232 36.2% | McKinley 712,665 60.7% | John G. Woolley 27,908 · 2.4% | 288,433 24.6 pts | D +0.1 since 1896 |
| 189618 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 433,22818 36.3% | McKinley 728,30018 61.0% | Joshua Levering 19,274 · 1.6%18 | 295,072 24.7 pts | R +18.3 since 1892 |
| 189219 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 452,26419 45.1% | Harrison 516,01119 51.4% | John Bidwell 25,123 · 2.5%19 | 63,747 6.4 pts | D +1.6 since 1888 |
| 188820 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 446,63320 44.8% | Harrison 526,09120 52.7% | Clinton B. Fisk 20,947 · 2.1%20 | 79,458 8.0 pts | D +1.0 since 1884 |
| 188421 | Rep Blaine | Cleveland 392,78521 43.7% | Blaine 473,80421 52.7% | Benjamin F. Butler 17,002 · 1.9%21 John P. St. John 15,737 · 1.7%21 | 81,019 9.0 pts | R +4.7 since 1880 |
| 188022 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 407,42822 46.7% | Garfield 444,70422 51.0% | James B. Weaver 20,668 · 2.4%22 | 37,276 4.3 pts | R +1.9 since 1876 |
| 187623 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 366,15823 48.3% | Hayes 384,12223 50.6% | None | 17,964 2.4 pts | D +22.1 since 1872 |
| 187224,25 | Rep Grant | Greeley 211,96124 37.6% | Grant 349,68924 62.1% | None | 137,728 24.5 pts | R +20.0 since 1868 |
| 186826 | Rep Grant | Seymour 313,38226 47.8% | Grant 342,28026 52.2% | None | 28,898 4.4 pts | First sourced year |
| 186427 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186028 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185629 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185230 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184831 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184432 | Dem Polk | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184033 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183634 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183235 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182836 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182437 | D-R Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182038 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181639 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181240 | D-R Madison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180841 | D-R Madison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180442 | D-R Jefferson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180043 | D-R Jefferson Aaron Burr 8, Thomas Jefferson 8, Charles C. Pinckney 7, John Adams 7 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179644 | D-R Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 14, Aaron Burr 13, Thomas Pinckney 2, John Adams 1 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179245 | Ind Washington George Washington 15, John Adams 14, George Clinton 1 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 178946 | Ind Washington George Washington 10, John Adams 8, John Hancock 2 | 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
- 2004 'Other candidates' includes 1,170 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1972 The official table notes: Others 70,593: footnote 7, 'Constitutional Party.'
- 1964 The official table notes: Others figure 10,456 marked footnote 4: 'Militant Workers Party.'
- 1956 The official table notes: Others: Militant Workers votes (footnote 12).
- 1952 The official table notes: Hass was the Industrial Government Party candidate and Dobbs the Militant Workers Party candidate in Pennsylvania (footnotes 1, 2). Others: scattering (footnote 8).
- 1948 The official table notes: Others: scattering (footnote 6). Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1); Dobbs as the Militant-Workers Party candidate (footnote 2).
- 1944 The official table notes: Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Independent Government, 1,518; scattering, 827.
- 1936 The official table notes: Lemke's figure is marked with footnote 3: 'Independent Labor Party.'
- 1932 The official table notes: The Socialist-Labor figure 659 carries footnote 3: 'Industrialist.' The scattering cell prints two figures in a brace, 725 (footnote 5: 'Jobless.') and 34; transcribed as their sum, 759.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 15: 'Scattering votes, 14, included in grand total.' Footnote 16 on the Foster figure: 'Labor and Workers vote combined.' Footnote 17 on the figure in the Socialist-Labor column (380): 'Industrialist.'
- 1924 La Follette's figure is the official table's: socialist and Labor vote combined (footnote 10). Scattering votes, 131, included in grand total (footnote 9); transcribed as Scattering.
- 1924 The official table notes: Socialist and Labor vote combined (footnote 10). Scattering votes, 131, included in grand total (footnote 9); transcribed as Scattering.
- 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): Industrialist 755; Labor 15,642.
- 1912 The official table's state total (1,220,201) is 450 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1908 The official table's state total (1,267,443) is 3 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1888 The official table's state total (997,568) is 24 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 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.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1804 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1789 State popular vote not yet sourced.
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 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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