United States presidential elections in Alaska
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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alaska, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1959, Alaska has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[a] |
Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020[1] | Joe Biden | 153,502 | 42.78 | Donald Trump | 189,543 | 52.83 | — | 3 | |||
2016[2] | Donald Trump[b] | 163,387 | 51.28 | Hillary Clinton | 116,454 | 36.55 | — | 3 | |||
2012[3] | Barack Obama | 122,640 | 40.81 | Mitt Romney | 164,676 | 54.80 | — | 3 | |||
2008[4] | Barack Obama | 123,594 | 37.89 | John McCain | 193,841 | 59.42 | — | 3 | |||
2004[5] | George W. Bush | 190,889 | 61.07 | John Kerry | 111,025 | 35.52 | — | 3 | |||
2000[6][7] | George W. Bush[b] | 167,398 | 58.62 | Al Gore | 79,004 | 27.67 | — | 3 | |||
1996[8] | Bill Clinton | 80,380 | 33.27 | Bob Dole | 122,746 | 50.80 | Ross Perot | 26,333 | 10.90 | 3 | |
1992 | Bill Clinton | 78,294 | 30.29 | George H. W. Bush | 102,000 | 39.46 | Ross Perot | 73,481 | 28.43 | 3 | |
1988[9] | George H. W. Bush | 119,251 | 59.59 | Michael Dukakis | 72,584 | 36.27 | — | 3 | |||
1984[10] | Ronald Reagan | 138,377 | 66.65 | Walter Mondale | 62,007 | 29.87 | — | 3 | |||
1980[11] | Ronald Reagan | 86,112 | 54.35 | Jimmy Carter | 41,842 | 26.41 | John B. Anderson | 11,155 | 7.04 | 3 | |
1976[12] | Jimmy Carter | 44,058 | 35.65 | Gerald Ford | 71,555 | 57.90 | — | 3 | |||
1972[13] | Richard Nixon | 55,349 | 58.13 | George McGovern | 32,967 | 34.62 | — | 3 | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon | 37,600 | 45.28 | Hubert Humphrey | 35,411 | 42.65 | George Wallace | 10,024 | 12.07 | 3 | |
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 44,329 | 65.91 | Barry Goldwater | 22,930 | 34.09 | — | 3 | |||
1960 | John F. Kennedy | 29,809 | 49.06 | Richard Nixon | 30,953 | 50.94 | — | 3 |
Notes
- ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
- ^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
References
- ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
- ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ^ "2000 General Election Results". Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "1988 General Election Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "1984 General Election Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "1980 General Election Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "1976 General Election Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "1972 General Election Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2020.