How New Hampshire has voted since 1960
New Hampshire has 4 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 9 times and Republican 8 times. It has backed the national winner in 12 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 2.8 points, 4.3 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 73.7% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 5th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 2004. Its closest result was in 2016, when Hillary Clinton won it by 2,736 votes.
- 1960Nixon+6.8
- 1964Johnson+27.8
- 1968Nixon+8.2
- 1972Nixon+29.1
- 1976Ford+11.3
- 1980Reagan+29.4
- 1984Reagan+37.7
- 1988Bush+26.2
- 1992Clinton+1.2
- 1996Clinton+10.0
- 2000Bush+1.3
- 2004Kerry+1.4
- 2008Obama+9.6
- 2012Obama+5.6
- 2016Clinton+0.4
- 2020Biden+7.4
- 2024Harris+2.8
Each box is one election: the winner in New Hampshire and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.
Election night
8 p.m. ET
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET. Some towns close earlier; every polling place is closed by 8 p.m.
Also closing at 8 p.m. ET: AL, CT, DE, DC, IL, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NJ, ND, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX.
Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.
2028 ratings
- Safe D Electoral Vote Map Sept. 27, 2026
In Congress
Senate
- Jeanne Shaheen (D) since 2009
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D) since 2017
House: 2 Democrats
All 2 members
- 1 Chris Pappas (D)
- 2 Maggie Goodlander (D)
From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.
Margin by election
New Hampshire margin National popular vote
By county
Donald Trump won 5 of New Hampshire's 10 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 5.
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Largest counties, 2024
| County | Votes | Margin | Shift from 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | 234,440 | D+2.9 | →R 4.8 |
| Rockingham County | 202,922 | R+2.4 | →R 4.5 |
| Merrimack County | 92,978 | D+5.2 | →R 4.6 |
| Strafford County | 76,688 | D+12.0 | →R 3.3 |
| Grafton County | 55,895 | D+19.8 | →R 4.8 |
| Cheshire County | 45,389 | D+9.9 | →R 7.3 |
| Belknap County | 40,676 | R+13.0 | →R 2.6 |
| Carroll County | 34,658 | R+1.7 | →R 3.2 |
| Sullivan County | 25,221 | R+0.7 | →R 4.3 |
| Coos County | 17,322 | R+13.7 | →R 7.7 |
Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Coos County (7.7), Cheshire County (7.3), Hillsborough County (4.8); toward the Democrat, Belknap County (2.6), Carroll County (3.2), Strafford County (3.3) — 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
| Year | Winner | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin | Nation | Turnout | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala HarrisHarris lost | Harris 50.7%418,488 | Trump 47.9%395,523 | 1.5% | D+2.8 | R+1.5 | 73.7% | 4 |
| 2020 | Joe BidenBiden | Biden 52.7%424,921 | Trump 45.4%365,654 | 1.9% | D+7.4 | D+4.5 | 74.0% | 4 |
| 2016 | Hillary ClintonClinton lost | Clinton 46.8%348,526 | Trump 46.5%345,790 | 6.7% | D+0.4 | D+2.1 | 72.1% | 4 |
| 2012 | Barack ObamaObama | Obama 52.0%369,561 | Romney 46.4%329,918 | 1.6% | D+5.6 | D+3.9 | 70.7% | 4 |
| 2008 | Barack ObamaObama | Obama 54.1%384,826 | McCain 44.5%316,534 | 1.4% | D+9.6 | D+7.3 | 72.5% | 4 |
| 2004 | John KerryKerry lost | Kerry 50.2%340,511 | Bush 48.8%331,237 | 1.0% | D+1.4 | R+2.5 | 71.9% | 4 |
| 2000 | George W. BushBush | Gore 46.8%266,348 | Bush 48.1%273,559 | 5.1% | R+1.3 | D+0.5 | 63.8% | 4 |
| 1996 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 49.3%246,166 | Dole 39.4%196,486 | Perot 9.7% | D+10.0 | D+8.5 | 60.1% | 4 |
| 1992 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 38.9%209,040 | Bush 37.7%202,484 | Perot 22.6% | D+1.2 | D+5.6 | 67.0% | 4 |
| 1988 | George H.W. BushBush | Dukakis 36.3%163,696 | Bush 62.5%281,537 | 1.2% | R+26.2 | R+7.7 | 57.8% | 4 |
| 1984 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Mondale 31.0%120,347 | Reagan 68.7%267,050 | 0.4% | R+37.7 | R+18.2 | 56.6% | 4 |
| 1980 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Carter 28.4%108,864 | Reagan 57.7%221,705 | Anderson 12.9% | R+29.4 | R+9.7 | 60.9% | 4 |
| 1976 | Gerald FordFord lost | Carter 43.5%147,645 | Ford 54.8%185,935 | 1.8% | R+11.3 | D+2.1 | — | 4 |
| 1972 | Richard NixonNixon | McGovern 34.9% | Nixon 64.0% | 1.2% | R+29.1 | R+23.2 | — | 4 |
| 1968 | Richard NixonNixon | Humphrey 43.9% | Nixon 52.1% | 4.0% | R+8.2 | R+0.7 | — | 4 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnson | Johnson 63.9% | Goldwater 36.1% | 0.0% | D+27.8 | D+22.6 | — | 4 |
| 1960 | Richard NixonNixon lost | Kennedy 46.6% | Nixon 53.4% | 0.0% | R+6.8 | D+0.2 | — | 4 |
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.
- 419601950 census
- 41964–19681960 census
- 41972–19801970 census
- 41984–19881980 census
- 41992–20001990 census
- 42004–20082000 census
- 42012–20202010 census
- 42024–20282020 census
- 42032–2040projected
Projected: New Hampshire'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 4. An estimate, not a forecast.