Please email us if you encounter information in
this website for which you know there is an update or correction.
Thank You!
Presidential Election Results
Los Angeles County, 1928 - 2004
Year
Leading Candidate in L.A.
County
Percent of Vote in L.A. County
Chief Opponent
Percent of Vote in L.A. County
Percent of Vote to Other Parties in L.A.
County
2004
Kerry
(Dem)
62.9
Bush
Jr. (Rep)*
35.9
1.2
2000
Gore
(Dem)
63.6
Bush
Jr. (Rep)*
32.3
4.1**
1996
Clinton (Dem)*
59.3
Dole (Rep)
31.0
9.6
1992
Clinton (Dem)*
52.5
Bush Sr. (Rep)
29.0
18.4***
1988
Dukakis (Dem)
51.9
Bush Sr. (Rep)*
46.9
1.3
1984
Reagan (Rep)*
54.5
Mondale (Dem)
44.4
1.2
1980
Reagan (Rep)*
50.2
Carter (Dem)
40.2
9.7
1976
Carter (Dem)*
50.0
Ford (Rep)
48.1
2.1
1972
Nixon (Rep)*
54.8
McGovern (Dem)
42.0
3.2
1968
Nixon (Rep)*
47.6
Humphrey (Dem)
46.0
6.3
Year
Leading Candidate in L.A.
County
Percent of Vote in L.A. County
Chief Opponent
Percent of Vote in L.A. County
Percent of Vote to Other Parties in L.A.
County
1964
Johnson (Dem)*
57.4
Goldwater (Rep)
42.5
0.1
1960
Kennedy (Dem)*
50.2
Nixon (Rep)
49.4
0.3
1956
Eisenhower (Rep)*
55.4
Stevenson (Dem)
44.3
0.3
1952
Eisenhower (Rep)*
55.7
Stevenson (Dem)
43.2
1.1
1948
Truman (Dem)*
47.0
Dewey (Rep)
46.5
6.5
1944
Roosevelt (Dem)*
56.8
Dewey (Rep)
42.7
0.6
1940
Roosevelt (Dem)*
58.1
Willkie (Rep)
40.6
1.3
1936
Roosevelt (Dem)*
67.0
Landon (Rep)
31.6
1.4
1932
Roosevelt (Dem)*
57.2
Hoover (Rep)
38.6
4.2
1928
Hoover (Rep)*
69.3
Smith (Dem)
28.7
2.0
* National winner.
** the 2000 election, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader drew 3.1% of the county
vote.
*** In the 1992 election, Ross Perot took 17.7% of L.A. County’s vote and eight
other candidates took the remaining 0.7%.