Joe Biden carried California D+29.1.

Joe Biden (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in California, 2020. The state ran 24.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).

Nominees: Joe Biden (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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California result

17,531,845 votes counted

Biden (D)

11,110,639

63.4%

Trump (R)

6,006,518

34.3%

All others

414,688

2.4%

Margin

D+29.1

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2020 presidential election

California, 2020

BidenD+29.1

How it voted

Share of the 2020 vote

Joe Biden ✓Democratic	63.4%	11,110,639
Donald TrumpRepublican	34.3%	6,006,518
Jo JorgensenLibertarian	2.4%	414,688

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 2020 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 2020 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 2020

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+62.2%	617,659	136,309	773,753
Alpine County	D	+31.1%	476	244	746
Amador County	R	−24.3%	8,153	13,585	22,397
Butte County	D	+1.9%	50,815	48,819	102,565
Calaveras County	R	−23.7%	10,046	16,518	27,272
Colusa County	R	−16.6%	3,239	4,559	7,961
Contra Costa County	D	+45.3%	416,386	152,877	581,316
Del Norte County	R	−15.6%	4,677	6,461	11,453
El Dorado County	R	−8.8%	51,621	61,838	116,159
Fresno County	D	+7.8%	193,025	164,464	364,917
Glenn County	R	−27.2%	3,995	7,063	11,297
Humboldt County	D	+33.1%	44,768	21,770	69,424
Imperial County	D	+24.4%	34,678	20,847	56,743
Inyo County	D	+0.1%	4,634	4,620	9,484
Kern County	R	−10.2%	133,366	164,484	305,292
Kings County	R	−12.3%	18,699	24,072	43,861
Lake County	D	+6.3%	14,941	13,123	28,986
Lassen County	R	−51.2%	2,799	8,970	12,045
Los Angeles County	D	+44.0%	3,028,885	1,145,530	4,283,945
Madera County	R	−11.6%	23,168	29,378	53,732
Marin County	D	+66.5%	128,288	24,612	155,830
Mariposa County	R	−18.1%	4,088	5,950	10,280
Mendocino County	D	+35.8%	28,782	13,267	43,340
Merced County	D	+10.5%	48,991	39,397	90,993
Modoc County	R	−44.9%	1,150	3,109	4,367
Mono County	D	+22.3%	4,013	2,513	6,738
Monterey County	D	+41.3%	113,953	46,299	163,923
Napa County	D	+40.4%	49,817	20,676	72,150
Nevada County	D	+14.7%	36,359	26,779	65,202
Orange County	D	+9.0%	814,009	676,498	1,522,113
Placer County	R	−6.6%	106,869	122,488	235,084
Plumas County	R	−16.7%	4,561	6,445	11,260
Riverside County	D	+7.9%	528,340	449,144	997,156
Sacramento County	D	+25.2%	440,808	259,405	718,440
San Benito County	D	+24.4%	17,628	10,590	28,830
San Bernardino County	D	+10.7%	455,859	366,257	841,130
San Diego County	D	+22.8%	964,650	600,094	1,602,143
San Francisco County	D	+72.5%	378,156	56,417	443,553
San Joaquin County	D	+13.8%	161,137	121,098	289,781
San Luis Obispo County	D	+13.1%	88,310	67,436	159,714
San Mateo County	D	+57.7%	291,496	75,584	374,251
Santa Barbara County	D	+31.9%	129,963	65,736	201,432
Santa Clara County	D	+47.4%	617,967	214,612	850,741
Santa Cruz County	D	+59.9%	114,246	26,937	145,649
Shasta County	R	−33.1%	30,000	60,789	92,930
Sierra County	R	−21.2%	730	1,142	1,947
Siskiyou County	R	−15.8%	9,593	13,290	23,472
Solano County	D	+30.1%	131,639	69,306	206,831
Sonoma County	D	+51.5%	199,938	61,825	268,317
Stanislaus County	D	+0.8%	105,841	104,145	215,987
Sutter County	R	−16.4%	17,367	24,375	42,644
Tehama County	R	−35.6%	8,911	19,141	28,731
Trinity County	R	−5.3%	2,851	3,188	6,330
Tulare County	R	−7.8%	66,105	77,579	146,885
Tuolumne County	R	−18.8%	11,978	17,689	30,408
Ventura County	D	+21.1%	251,388	162,207	422,825
Yolo County	D	+41.4%	67,598	27,292	97,294
Yuba County	R	−21.6%	11,230	17,676	29,796