Presidential elections in Arizona Number of elections 29 Voted Democratic 9 Voted Republican 20 Voted other 0 Voted for winning candidate 23 Voted for losing candidate 6
SinceArizona 'sadmission to the Union in February 1912,[ 1] United States presidential elections .
Since the 1950s, Arizona has been considered a stronghold state for the Republican Party, with the party carrying the state in all subsequent elections except 1996 and 2020 (and even then, Democrats won with narrow pluralities).[ 2] swing state , influenced by demographic changes and trends inMaricopa County and other suburban areas in the state.[ 2] [ 3]
Democrats have in less recent elections carried the state by large margins amidst favorable national environments. In the1936 presidential election ,Franklin D. Roosevelt won Arizona in a landslide, defeating theRepublican Party 's candidateAlf Landon by 42.92%,[ 4]
The state's electoral votes came under controversy in the2020 presidential election , when Democratic nomineeJoe Biden narrowly defeated incumbent RepublicanDonald Trump in the state, by a margin of just 0.3%.[ 5] Electoral College vote count , 69 congressional Republicans unsuccessfully objected to the certification of electoral votes of Arizona amidst false claims of fraud.[ 6]
As of 2022, no Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arizona since its statehood in 1912, although Democrats have won the presidency without carrying the state on six occasions, most recentlyBarack Obama in2012 .
Presidential elections [ edit ] Key for parties Note – A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.Note – Percentages may not total 100.0% because of rounding.
Presidential elections in Arizona from 1912 to present Year Winner Runner-up Other candidate[ a] EV Ref. Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 10,324 Theodore Roosevelt (PR) 6,949 Eugene Debs (S) 3,163 3 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 33,170 Charles Evans Hughes (R) 20,522 Allan L. Benson (S) 3,174 3 Warren G. Harding (R) ‡ 37,016 James M. Cox (D) 29,546 Eugene Debs (S) 222 3 Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡ 30,516 John W. Davis (D) 26,235 Robert M. La Follette (PR) 17,210 3 Herbert Hoover (R)‡ 52,533 Al Smith (D) 38,537 William Z. Foster (CPUSA) 184 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 79,264 Herbert Hoover (R) 36,104 Norman Thomas (S) 2,618 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 86,722 Alf Landon (R) 33,433 William Lemke (U) 3,307 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 95,267 Wendell Willkie (R) 54,030 Roger Babson (PRO) 742 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 80,926 Thomas E. Dewey (R) 56,287 Claude A. Watson (PRO) 421 4 Harry S. Truman (D) ‡ 95,251 Thomas E. Dewey (R) 77,597 Henry A. Wallace (PR) 3,310 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 152,042 Adlai Stevenson (D) 108,528 –
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4 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 176,990 Adlai Stevenson (D) 112,880 T. Coleman Andrews (C) 303 4 Richard Nixon (R) 221,241 John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ 176,781 Eric Hass (SLP) 469 4 Barry Goldwater [ c] (R) 242,535 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ 237,753 Eric Hass (SLP) 482 5 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 266,721 Hubert Humphrey (D) 170,514 George Wallace (AI) 46,573 5 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 402,812 George McGovern (D) 198,540 John G. Schmitz (AI) 21,208 6 Gerald Ford (R) 418,642 Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ 295,602 Eugene McCarthy (I) 19,229 6 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 529,688 Jimmy Carter (D) 246,843 John B. Anderson (I) 76,952 6 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 681,416 Walter Mondale (D) 333,854 David Bergland (LI) 10,585 7 George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ 702,541 Michael Dukakis (D) 454,029 Ron Paul (LI) 13,351 7 George H. W. Bush (R) 572,086 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 543,050 Ross Perot (I) 353,741 8 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 653,288 Bob Dole (R) 622,073 Ross Perot (RE) 112,072 8 George W. Bush (R) ‡ 781,652 Al Gore (D) 685,341 Ralph Nader (G) 45,645 8 George W. Bush (R)‡ 1,104,294 John Kerry (D) 893,524 Michael Badnarik (LI) 11,856 10 John McCain [ d] (R) 1,230,111 Barack Obama (D)‡ 1,034,707 Bob Barr (LI) 12,555 10 Mitt Romney (R) 1,233,654 Barack Obama (D)‡ 1,025,232 Gary Johnson (LI) 32,100 11 Donald Trump (R)‡ 1,252,401 Hillary Clinton (D) 1,161,167 Gary Johnson (LI) 106,327 11 Joe Biden (D)‡ 1,672,143 Donald Trump (R) 1,661,686 Jo Jorgensen (LI) 51,465 11 Donald Trump (R)‡ 1,770,242 Kamala Harris (D) 1,582,860 Jill Stein (G) 18,319 11
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