Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of North Dakota there have been 28 elections of which: 5 have been won by Democrats, 23 won by Republicans, and 0 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 5
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 29,555 5 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 23,090
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 1,243
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 25,726
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 6,966
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
578,967 86,580 14.95% D
1916 5
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 55,206 5 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 5,716
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 53,471
O Frank Hanly (IN) 997
582,788 115,390 19.8% D
1920 5
D James M. Cox (OH) 37,422
O Parley P. Christensen (IL)
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 160,072 5 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 8,282
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN)
O Other (XX)
646,872 205,776 31.81% R
1924 5
D John W. Davis (WV) 13,858
O Herman P. Faris (MO)
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 94,931 5 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 89,922
O William Z. Foster (MA) 370
648,577 199,081 30.7% R
1928 5
D Al Smith (NY) 106,648
O William Z. Foster (IL) 842
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 131,441 5 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 936
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI)
650,282 239,867 36.89% R
1932 4
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 178,350 4 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,521
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 71,772
O Other (XX) 2,647
694,462 256,290 36.9% D
1936 4
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 163,148 4 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 36,708
O Earl Browder (KS) 557
R Alfred Landon (KS) 72,751
O Norman Thomas (NY) 552
721,696 273,716 37.93% D
1940 4
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,279
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 154,590 4 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 870
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 124,036
641,935 280,775 43.74% R
1944 4
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 100,144
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 549
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 118,535 4 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 943
667,613 220,171 32.98% R
1948 4
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 115,139 4 Electoral Votes
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 8,391
O Other (XX)
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 95,812
O Strom Thurmond (SC) 374
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,000
693,290 220,716 31.84% R
1952 4
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 76,694
O Stuart Hamblen (TX) 302
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 191,712 4 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 344
632,029 269,052 42.57% R
1956 4
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 96,742
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 156,766 4 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 483
656,814 253,991 38.67% R
1960 4
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 154,310 4 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY)
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 123,963
O Other (XX)
632,446 278,273 44% R
1964 4
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 108,207
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 149,784 4 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
657,744 257,991 39.22% D
1968 4
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 14,244
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 94,769
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 138,669 4 Electoral Votes
683,042 247,682 36.26% R
1972 3
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 100,384
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 174,109 3 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 5,646
630,116 280,139 44.46% R
1976 3
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 153,470 3 Electoral Votes
O Roger MacBride (VT) 256
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 136,078
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) 2,952
654,827 292,756 44.71% R
1980 3
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 79,189
O Ed Clark (CA) 3,743
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 193,695 3 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 23,640
652,717 300,267 46% R
1984 3
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 104,429
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 200,336 3 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 703
678,826 305,468 45% R
1988 3
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 127,739
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 396
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 166,559 3 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 1,315
704,935 296,009 41.99% R
1992 3
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 136,244 3 Electoral Votes
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 416
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 99,168
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 71,084
O Other (XX) 1,221
651,576 308,133 47.29% R
1996 3
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 106,905
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 32,515
O Harry Browne (TN) 847
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 125,050 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT)
O Other (XX) 1,094
677,128 266,411 39.34% R
2000 3
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 95,284
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 7,288
O Howard Phillips (VA) 373
O Other (XX)
R George Walker Bush (TX) 174,852 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 9,486
O Harry Browne (TN) 660
O John Hagelin (IA) 313
642,200 288,256 44.89% R
2004 3
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 111,052
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 851
O David Cobb (TX)
R George Walker Bush (TX) 196,651 3 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 3,756
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 514
O Other (XX) 9
667,888 312,833 46.84% R
2008 3
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 1,354
O Cynthia McKinney (GA)
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 141,278
O Ralph Nader (CT) 4,189
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 1,199
O Other (XX)
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 168,601 3 Electoral Votes
693,576 316,621 45.65% R
2012 3
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 124,827
O Gary Johnson (NM) 5,231
O Other (XX) 3,045
R Mitt Romney (MA) 188,163 3 Electoral Votes
O Jill Stein (MA) 1,361
686,043 322,627 47.03% R
2016 3
O Jill Stein (MA) 3,780
R Donal Trump (NY) 216,794 3 Electoral Votes
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 21,434
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 93,758
712,946 335,766 47.1% R
2020 3
D Joe Biden (DE) 114,902
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 9,393
R Donald Trump (FL) 235,595 3 Electoral Votes
O Howie Hawkins (CA)
689,487 359,890 52.2% R