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.

  1. 1960Nixon+6.8
  2. 1964Johnson+27.8
  3. 1968Nixon+8.2
  4. 1972Nixon+29.1
  5. 1976Ford+11.3
  6. 1980Reagan+29.4
  7. 1984Reagan+37.7
  8. 1988Bush+26.2
  9. 1992Clinton+1.2
  10. 1996Clinton+10.0
  11. 2000Bush+1.3
  12. 2004Kerry+1.4
  13. 2008Obama+9.6
  14. 2012Obama+5.6
  15. 2016Clinton+0.4
  16. 2020Biden+7.4
  17. 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.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 2 Democrats

All 2 members
  1. 1 Chris Pappas (D)
  2. 2 Maggie Goodlander (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

New Hampshire margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in New Hampshire 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: R+6.8 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+27.8 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+8.2 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+29.1 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+11.3 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+29.4 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+37.7 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+26.2 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+1.2 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+10.0 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+1.3 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+1.4 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+9.6 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+5.6 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+0.4 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+7.4 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+2.8 (nation R+1.5)'24

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

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Hillsborough County234,440D+2.9→R 4.8
Rockingham County202,922R+2.4→R 4.5
Merrimack County92,978D+5.2→R 4.6
Strafford County76,688D+12.0→R 3.3
Grafton County55,895D+19.8→R 4.8
Cheshire County45,389D+9.9→R 7.3
Belknap County40,676R+13.0→R 2.6
Carroll County34,658R+1.7→R 3.2
Sullivan County25,221R+0.7→R 4.3
Coos County17,322R+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

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 50.7%418,488Trump 47.9%395,5231.5%D+2.8R+1.573.7%4
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 52.7%424,921Trump 45.4%365,6541.9%D+7.4D+4.574.0%4
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 46.8%348,526Trump 46.5%345,7906.7%D+0.4D+2.172.1%4
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 52.0%369,561Romney 46.4%329,9181.6%D+5.6D+3.970.7%4
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 54.1%384,826McCain 44.5%316,5341.4%D+9.6D+7.372.5%4
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 50.2%340,511Bush 48.8%331,2371.0%D+1.4R+2.571.9%4
2000 George W. BushBushGore 46.8%266,348Bush 48.1%273,5595.1%R+1.3D+0.563.8%4
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 49.3%246,166Dole 39.4%196,486Perot 9.7%D+10.0D+8.560.1%4
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 38.9%209,040Bush 37.7%202,484Perot 22.6%D+1.2D+5.667.0%4
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 36.3%163,696Bush 62.5%281,5371.2%R+26.2R+7.757.8%4
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 31.0%120,347Reagan 68.7%267,0500.4%R+37.7R+18.256.6%4
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 28.4%108,864Reagan 57.7%221,705Anderson 12.9%R+29.4R+9.760.9%4
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 43.5%147,645Ford 54.8%185,9351.8%R+11.3D+2.1—4
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 34.9%Nixon 64.0%1.2%R+29.1R+23.2—4
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 43.9%Nixon 52.1%4.0%R+8.2R+0.7—4
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 63.9%Goldwater 36.1%0.0%D+27.8D+22.6—4
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 46.6%Nixon 53.4%0.0%R+6.8D+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.

Before 1960

New Hampshire cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 32 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican4+32.3✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican4+21.8✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican4+5.8–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+4.2✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+6.4✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic4+1.8✓
1932Herbert Hoover Republican4+1.4–
1928Herbert Hoover Republican4+17.7✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican4+25.1✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican4+20.6✓
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic4+0.1✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic4+2.1✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican4+22.5✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican4+22.8✓
1900William McKinley Republican4+21.4✓
1896William McKinley Republican4+46.0✓
1892Benjamin Harrison Republican4+4.1–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican4+2.6✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican4+4.9–
1880James A. Garfield Republican5+4.7✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican5+3.8✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican5+8.4✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican5+10.5✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican5+5.1✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican5+17.6✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican5+8.0–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic5+29.6✓
1848Lewis Cass Democratic6+25.9–
1844James K. Polk Democratic6+20.6✓
1840Martin Van Buren Democratic7+10.9–
1836Martin Van Buren Democratic7+50.0✓
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic7+13.5✓
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican8+8.2–
1824John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican8+87.2✓
1820James Monroe Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Monroe 7, Adams 18—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican8—–
1808Charles C. Pinckney Federalist7—–
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican7—✓
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 6, Pinckney 66—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 6, Ellsworth 66—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 6, Adams 66—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 5, Adams 55—✓

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.