1956 United States presidential election in California|
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Turnout | 86.56% (of registered voters) 0.29 pp 67.59% (of eligible voters) 6.48 pp |
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County Results
Eisenhower
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
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Stevenson
50–60%
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The 1956 United States presidential election in California took place on November 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California voted for the Republican incumbent, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. However, Stevenson did improve his performance in California from four years previous. California’s result was about 4.3% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in California where the Republican candidate won the counties of Alameda and San Francisco, both of which have become strongholds of the Democratic Party.
Results
Results by county
County
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Eisenhower
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Votes
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Stevenson
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Votes
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Others
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Votes
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Alpine
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79.72%
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114
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20.28%
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29
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0.00%
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0
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Mono
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73.79%
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673
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25.99%
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237
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0.22%
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2
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Orange
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66.82%
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113,510
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32.31%
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54,895
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0.87%
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1,474
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Inyo
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66.19%
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3,524
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33.47%
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1,782
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0.34%
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18
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Marin
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65.94%
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33,792
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33.76%
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17,301
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0.29%
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151
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Lake
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64.84%
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4,073
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34.78%
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2,185
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0.38%
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24
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Santa Barbara
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64.55%
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31,294
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34.91%
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16,925
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0.55%
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265
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San Diego
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64.47%
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195,742
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35.15%
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106,716
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0.38%
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1,147
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Santa Cruz
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63.58%
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22,109
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36.16%
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12,574
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0.27%
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93
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Sutter
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62.79%
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6,327
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36.45%
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3,673
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0.76%
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77
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Riverside
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62.16%
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56,766
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37.34%
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34,098
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0.51%
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465
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Sonoma
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61.92%
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33,659
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37.92%
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20,616
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0.16%
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86
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San Mateo
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61.04%
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100,049
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38.83%
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63,637
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0.13%
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217
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Mariposa
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60.31%
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1,577
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39.43%
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1,031
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0.27%
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7
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Nevada
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59.69%
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5,475
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39.98%
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3,667
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0.34%
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31
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Monterey
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59.54%
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29,514
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40.21%
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19,932
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0.26%
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127
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San Benito
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59.53%
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3,252
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40.29%
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2,201
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0.18%
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10
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Santa Clara
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59.09%
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105,657
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40.56%
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72,528
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0.35%
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633
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San Luis Obispo
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58.47%
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16,223
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41.11%
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11,407
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0.43%
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118
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Butte
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58.43%
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18,382
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41.11%
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12,933
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0.47%
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147
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Calaveras
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57.91%
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2,843
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41.74%
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2,049
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0.35%
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17
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Mendocino
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56.94%
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10,327
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42.82%
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7,767
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0.24%
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43
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San Bernardino
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56.88%
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86,263
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42.83%
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64,946
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0.29%
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443
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Imperial
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56.05%
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10,526
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43.65%
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8,197
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0.31%
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58
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Napa
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55.93%
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13,610
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43.66%
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10,623
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0.41%
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100
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Yuba
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55.76%
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4,782
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43.92%
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3,767
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0.31%
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27
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Los Angeles
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55.38%
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1,260,206
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44.29%
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1,007,887
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0.32%
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7,331
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San Joaquin
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54.52%
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44,491
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45.27%
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36,941
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0.21%
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168
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Tehama
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53.82%
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4,866
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45.82%
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4,143
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0.36%
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33
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El Dorado
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53.60%
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4,613
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45.97%
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3,957
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0.43%
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37
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Colusa
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53.23%
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2,474
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46.71%
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2,171
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0.06%
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3
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Modoc
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53.21%
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1,981
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46.44%
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1,729
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0.35%
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13
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Del Norte
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53.18%
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2,918
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46.51%
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2,552
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0.31%
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17
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Humboldt
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52.57%
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19,019
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47.06%
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17,025
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0.37%
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133
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Tulare
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52.50%
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26,051
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47.17%
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23,407
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0.32%
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160
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Alameda
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52.40%
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192,911
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47.27%
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174,033
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0.32%
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1,187
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Tuolumne
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52.12%
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3,619
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47.67%
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3,310
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0.20%
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14
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Glenn
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51.96%
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3,463
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47.89%
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3,192
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0.15%
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10
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San Francisco
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51.53%
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173,648
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48.01%
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161,766
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0.46%
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1,553
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Kern
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51.31%
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46,220
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48.33%
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43,533
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0.36%
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322
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Contra Costa
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50.98%
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74,971
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48.78%
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71,733
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0.24%
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347
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Sierra
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50.55%
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638
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49.13%
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620
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0.32%
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4
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Trinity
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50.42%
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1,447
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48.99%
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1,406
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0.59%
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17
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Ventura
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49.92%
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26,342
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49.80%
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26,276
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0.28%
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149
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Siskiyou
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49.79%
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6,841
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49.76%
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6,837
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0.46%
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63
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Amador
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49.16%
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2,126
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50.43%
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2,181
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0.42%
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18
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Stanislaus
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48.60%
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26,695
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51.05%
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28,040
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0.35%
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192
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Yolo
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47.99%
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9,347
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51.72%
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10,075
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0.29%
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57
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Merced
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45.99%
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11,430
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53.78%
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13,366
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0.23%
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56
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Placer
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45.89%
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9,059
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53.76%
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10,611
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0.35%
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69
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Sacramento
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45.10%
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67,686
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54.73%
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82,134
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0.17%
|
260
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Shasta
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43.84%
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8,833
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55.78%
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11,239
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0.38%
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77
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Fresno
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43.33%
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51,611
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56.44%
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67,234
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0.23%
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270
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Lassen
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42.48%
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2,533
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57.22%
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3,412
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0.30%
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18
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Kings
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42.28%
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6,195
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57.45%
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8,417
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0.27%
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40
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Madera
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42.12%
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5,239
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57.58%
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7,162
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0.31%
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38
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Plumas
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41.87%
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2,267
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57.75%
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3,127
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0.39%
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21
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Solano
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41.68%
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17,865
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58.10%
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24,903
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0.22%
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95
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- See also
- Presidential elections
- Senate elections
- House elections
- Gubernatorial elections
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