Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of Washington there have been 28 elections of which: 17 have been won by Democrats, 10 won by Republicans, and 1 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 7
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 86,840
R William Howard Taft (OH) 70,445
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 9,810
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 113,698 7 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 40,134
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) 1,872
1,253,641 322,799 25.75% O
1916 7
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 183,388 7 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 22,800
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 167,208
O Frank Hanly (IN) 6,868
1,476,943 380,264 25.75% D
1920 7
D James M. Cox (OH) 84,298
O Parley P. Christensen (IL) 77,246
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 223,137 7 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 8,913
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN) 3,800
O Other (XX) 1,321
1,356,621 398,715 29.39% R
1924 7
D John W. Davis (WV) 42,842
O Herman P. Faris (MO)
O Other (XX) 1,004
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 220,224 7 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 150,727
O William Z. Foster (MA) 761
1,608,495 415,558 25.84% R
1928 7
D Al Smith (NY) 156,772
O William Z. Foster (IL) 1,541
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 335,844 7 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 2,615
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI) 4,068
1,860,368 500,840 26.92% R
1932 8
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 353,260 8 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 17,080
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 208,645
O Other (XX) 35,829
1,594,664 614,814 38.55% D
1936 8
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 459,579 8 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 17,463
O Earl Browder (KS) 4,908
R Alfred Landon (KS) 206,892
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,496
1,657,200 692,338 41.78% D
1940 8
O Norman Thomas (NY) 4,586
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 322,123
O Other (XX) 4,979
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 462,145 8 Electoral Votes
1,736,191 793,833 45.72% D
1944 8
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 486,774 8 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 4,041
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 361,689
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,824
1,805,639 856,328 47.43% D
1948 8
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 386,315
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 31,692
O Other (XX) 7,353
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 476,165 8 Electoral Votes
O Strom Thurmond (SC)
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,534
1,875,086 905,059 48.27% D
1952 9
O Eric Hass (NY) 633
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 492,845
O Stuart Hamblen (TX)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 599,107 9 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 2,460
2,426,542 1,095,045 45.13% R
1956 9
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 523,002
O Eric Hass (NY) 7,457
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 620,430 9 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
2,521,701 1,150,889 45.64% R
1960 9
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 629,273 9 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY) 10,895
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 599,298
O Other (XX)
2,853,214 1,239,466 43.44% R
1964 9
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 470,366
O Eric Hass (NY) 7,772
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 779,881 9 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
2,967,342 1,258,019 42.4% D
1968 9
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 96,990
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 616,037 9 Electoral Votes
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 588,510
3,081,471 1,301,537 42.24% D
1972 9
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 568,334
O Linda Jenness (GA) 1,537
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 837,135 9 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 58,906
3,477,352 1,465,912 42.16% R
1976 9
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 777,732 8 Electoral Votes
O Roger MacBride (VT) 5,042
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 717,323
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) 36,986
3,613,719 1,537,083 42.53% R
1980 9
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 650,193
O Ed Clark (CA) 29,213
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 865,244 9 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 185,073
4,132,156 1,729,723 41.86% R
1984 10
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 807,352
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 1,051,670 10 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 8,844
4,297,442 1,867,866 43.46% R
1988 10
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 933,516 10 Electoral Votes
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 3,520
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 903,835
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 17,240
4,462,729 1,858,111 41.64% D
1992 11
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 731,234
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 7,533
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 993,037 11 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 541,780
O Other (XX) 13,981
4,964,026 2,287,565 46.08% D
1996 11
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 1,123,323 11 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 201,003
O Harry Browne (TN) 12,522
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 840,712
O Ralph Nader (CT) 60,322
O Other (XX) 15,955
5,158,693 2,253,837 43.69% D
2000 11
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 1,247,652 11 Electoral Votes
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 7,171
O Howard Phillips (VA) 1,989
O Other (XX) 2,693
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,108,864
O Ralph Nader (CT) 103,002
O Harry Browne (TN) 13,135
O John Hagelin (IA) 2,927
5,894,121 2,487,433 42.2% D
2004 11
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 1,510,201 11 Electoral Votes
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 11,955
O David Cobb (TX) 2,974
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,304,894
O Ralph Nader (CT) 23,283
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 3,922
O Other (XX) 1,855
6,129,886 2,859,084 46.64% D
2008 11
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 12,728
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 3,819
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 1,750,848 11 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 29,489
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 9,432
O Other (XX) 1,346
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 1,229,216
6,365,651 3,036,878 47.71% D
2012 12
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 1,755,396 12 Electoral Votes
O Gary Johnson (NM) 42,202
O Other (XX) 16,320
R Mitt Romney (MA) 1,290,670
O Jill Stein (MA) 20,928
6,859,031 3,125,516 45.57% D
2016 12
O Jill Stein (MA) 57,571
R Donal Trump (NY) 1,210,370
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 160,331
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 1,727,840 12 Electoral Votes
7,128,012 3,156,112 44.28% D
2020 12
D Joe Biden (DE) 2,369,612 12 Electoral Votes
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 80,500
R Donald Trump (FL) 1,584,651
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 18,289
7,653,464 4,053,052 52.96% D