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1868 presidential election in California
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in California in 1868, 50.3% to 49.7%, a margin of 0.5 points and 570 votes.
California voted 4.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.
Republicans led in 26 of the 50 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24. The largest, San Francisco, cast 25,770 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.4 points. The closest was El Dorado, where 7 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant won | Republican | 54,451 | 50.3% |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 53,881 | 49.7% |
| Total | 108,332 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 13,586 52.7% | 12,184 47.3% | 25,770 | D+5.4 | |
| Nevada | 2,454 44.9% | 3,014 55.1% | 5,468 | R+10.2 | |
| Sacramento | 2,208 40.9% | 3,193 59.1% | 5,401 | R+18.2 | |
| Santa Clara | 2,328 50.2% | 2,307 49.8% | 4,635 | D+0.5 | |
| Sonoma | 2,402 57.2% | 1,799 42.8% | 4,201 | D+14.4 | |
| San Joaquin | 1,867 47.1% | 2,101 52.9% | 3,968 | R+5.9 | |
| El Dorado | 1,683 50.1% | 1,676 49.9% | 3,359 | D+0.2 | |
| Placer | 1,233 38.3% | 1,988 61.7% | 3,221 | R+23.4 | |
| Alameda | 1,262 40.4% | 1,861 59.6% | 3,123 | R+19.2 | |
| Solano | 1,441 48.3% | 1,540 51.7% | 2,981 | R+3.3 | |
| Butte | 1,245 49.3% | 1,279 50.7% | 2,524 | R+1.3 | |
| Yuba | 1,112 45.5% | 1,331 54.5% | 2,443 | R+9.0 | |
| Amador | 1,223 52.4% | 1,109 47.6% | 2,332 | D+4.9 | |
| Calaveras | 1,050 47.9% | 1,143 52.1% | 2,193 | R+4.2 | |
| Sierra | 794 37.4% | 1,328 62.6% | 2,122 | R+25.2 | |
| Tuolumne | 1,115 52.9% | 994 47.1% | 2,109 | D+5.7 | |
| Yolo | 1,060 51.6% | 995 48.4% | 2,055 | D+3.2 | |
| Los Angeles | 1,236 62.3% | 748 37.7% | 1,984 | D+24.6 | |
| Santa Cruz | 737 39.0% | 1,153 61.0% | 1,890 | R+22.0 | |
| Contra Costa | 738 40.3% | 1,092 59.7% | 1,830 | R+19.3 | |
| Siskiyou | 918 52.4% | 835 47.6% | 1,753 | D+4.7 | |
| Mendocino | 1,002 61.7% | 621 38.3% | 1,623 | D+23.5 | |
| Napa | 684 47.6% | 752 52.4% | 1,436 | R+4.7 | |
| Humboldt | 506 39.7% | 768 60.3% | 1,274 | R+20.6 | |
| Plumas | 553 43.8% | 711 56.3% | 1,264 | R+12.5 | |
| Monterey | 663 53.3% | 580 46.7% | 1,243 | D+6.7 | |
| Shasta | 556 46.6% | 638 53.4% | 1,194 | R+6.9 | |
| Sutter | 561 49.1% | 581 50.9% | 1,142 | R+1.8 | |
| Mariposa | 664 58.7% | 467 41.3% | 1,131 | D+17.4 | |
| Colusa | 699 66.1% | 359 33.9% | 1,058 | D+32.1 | |
| San Mateo | 417 39.9% | 627 60.1% | 1,044 | R+20.1 | |
| Tulare | 679 66.8% | 338 33.2% | 1,017 | D+33.5 | |
| Stanislaus | 642 64.7% | 350 35.3% | 992 | D+29.4 | |
| Marin | 434 45.1% | 529 54.9% | 963 | R+9.9 | |
| Trinity | 391 43.6% | 505 56.4% | 896 | R+12.7 | |
| Tehama | 398 53.2% | 350 46.8% | 748 | D+6.4 | |
| Santa Barbara | 301 41.3% | 428 58.7% | 729 | R+17.4 | |
| San Luis Obispo | 346 48.2% | 372 51.8% | 718 | R+3.6 | |
| Lake | 454 64.7% | 248 35.3% | 702 | D+29.3 | |
| San Bernardino | 378 59.0% | 263 41.0% | 641 | D+17.9 | |
| Kern | 422 67.0% | 208 33.0% | 630 | D+34.0 | |
| Fresno | 381 84.1% | 72 15.9% | 453 | D+68.2 | |
| Merced | 272 73.5% | 98 26.5% | 370 | D+47.0 | |
| San Diego | 235 64.6% | 129 35.4% | 364 | D+29.1 | |
| Del Norte | 173 51.6% | 162 48.4% | 335 | D+3.3 | |
| Lassen | 122 36.7% | 210 63.3% | 332 | R+26.5 | |
| Klamath (Ext) | 187 57.7% | 137 42.3% | 324 | D+15.4 | |
| Mono | 89 37.6% | 148 62.4% | 237 | R+24.9 | |
| Alpine | 67 30.3% | 154 69.7% | 221 | R+39.4 | |
| Inyo | 100 46.9% | 113 53.1% | 213 | R+6.1 |
Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
California in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+20.1 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+29.2 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+30.1 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+24.1 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+9.9 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+11.8 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+12.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.4 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+3.6 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+16.2 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+16.8 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+1.8 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+13.5 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+3.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+18.3 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+0.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.1 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+14.6 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+0.4 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+13.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+35.3 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+30.5 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+49.0 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+41.9 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+0.4 |
| 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt (other) | |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+34.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+0.6 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.8 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+6.6 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+1.8 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+13.3 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+0.5 |