How Nevada has voted since 1960

Nevada has 6 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 8 times and Republican 9 times. It has backed the national winner in 15 of 17 elections, missing in 1976 and 2016. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 3.1 points, 1.6 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 66.2% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 23rd among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It last voted Democratic in 2020, for Joe Biden. Its closest result was in 1996, when Bill Clinton won it by 1 point.

  1. 1960Kennedy+2.3
  2. 1964Johnson+17.2
  3. 1968Nixon+8.2
  4. 1972Nixon+27.4
  5. 1976Ford+4.4
  6. 1980Reagan+36.3
  7. 1984Reagan+34.4
  8. 1988Bush+21.4
  9. 1992Clinton+2.6
  10. 1996Clinton+1.0
  11. 2000Bush+3.5
  12. 2004Bush+2.6
  13. 2008Obama+12.5
  14. 2012Obama+6.7
  15. 2016Clinton+2.4
  16. 2020Biden+2.4
  17. 2024Trump+3.1

Each box is one election: the winner in Nevada and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

10 p.m. ET

Polls close at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Pacific).

Also closing at 10 p.m. ET: ID, MT, UT.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 3 Democrats, 1 Republican

All 4 members
  1. 1 Dina Titus (D)
  2. 2 Mark E. Amodei (R)
  3. 3 Susie Lee (D)
  4. 4 Steven Horsford (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Nevada margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Nevada in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+2.3 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+17.2 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+8.2 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+27.4 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+4.4 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+36.3 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+34.4 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+21.4 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+2.6 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+1.0 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+3.5 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+2.6 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+12.5 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+6.7 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+2.4 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+2.4 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+3.1 (nation R+1.5)'24

Nevada margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 15 of Nevada's 17 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 2.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Clark County1,031,223D+2.6→R 6.7
Washoe County263,734D+1.0→R 3.5
Douglas County35,556R+32.9→R 3.4
Lyon County33,541R+44.4→R 3.3
Carson City31,068R+11.3→D 0.1
Nye County26,997R+42.2→R 1.8
Elko County22,465R+56.6→R 1.2
Churchill County13,503R+50.2→R 1.2
Humboldt County8,030R+55.2→R 1.3
White Pine County4,351R+57.0→D 1.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Mineral County (10.0), Clark County (6.7), Storey County (4.0); toward the Democrat, White Pine County (1.3), Carson City (0.1), Eureka County (0.1) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 47.5%705,197Trump 50.6%751,2051.9%R+3.1R+1.566.2%6
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 50.1%703,486Trump 47.7%669,8902.3%D+2.4D+4.564.2%6
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 47.9%539,260Trump 45.5%512,0586.6%D+2.4D+2.157.8%6
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 52.4%531,373Romney 45.7%463,5672.0%D+6.7D+3.956.6%6
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 55.2%533,736McCain 42.7%412,8272.2%D+12.5D+7.357.2%5
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 47.9%397,190Bush 50.5%418,6901.7%R+2.6R+2.554.7%5
2000 George W. BushBushGore 46.0%279,978Bush 49.5%301,5754.5%R+3.5D+0.546.4%4
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 43.9%203,974Dole 42.9%199,244Perot 9.5%D+1.0D+8.541.2%4
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 37.4%189,148Bush 34.7%175,828Perot 26.2%D+2.6D+5.654.6%4
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 38.7%132,738Bush 60.1%206,0401.3%R+21.4R+7.746.1%4
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 32.4%91,655Reagan 66.8%188,7700.8%R+34.4R+18.244.8%4
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 27.4%66,666Reagan 63.6%155,017Anderson 7.2%R+36.3R+9.751.9%3
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 45.8%92,479Ford 50.2%101,2734.0%R+4.4D+2.1—3
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 36.3%Nixon 63.7%0.0%R+27.4R+23.2—3
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 39.3%Nixon 47.5%Wallace 13.3%R+8.2R+0.7—3
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 58.6%Goldwater 41.4%0.0%D+17.2D+22.6—3
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 51.2%Nixon 48.8%0.0%D+2.3D+0.2—3

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 319601950 census
  • 31964–19681960 census
  • 31972–19801970 census
  • 41984–19881980 census
  • 41992–20001990 census
  • 52004–20082000 census
  • 62012–20202010 census
  • 62024–20282020 census
  • 62032–2040projected

Projected: Nevada's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 6. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Nevada cast electoral votes in 24 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1864. It backed the eventual president in 18 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+15.9✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+22.9✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic3+3.2✓
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+9.2✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+20.2✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+45.6✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+38.8✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican3+13.1✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican3+5.5✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican3+22.2✓
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic3+18.9✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic3+11.8✓
1908William Jennings Bryan Democratic3+2.0–
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican3+26.6✓
1900William Jennings Bryan Democratic3+24.5–
1896William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist3+60.2–
1892James B. Weaver Populist3+41.1–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican3+15.4✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican3+12.5–
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic3+4.8–
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican3+5.5✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican3+14.9✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican3+10.8✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican2+19.7✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.