Tally sheet

Since it became a state, Nevada has voted for the winner in presidential elections 27 times, for the loser 7 times.

Its longest period as a bellwether began in 1912, when the state voted for Woodrow Wilson over Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Debs and incumbent William Taft (who came in fourth). It then voted for the winner the next 15 presidential elections. It ended that streak in 1976, when Nevadans chose Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter. The state has stayed with the winner since then.

In one election, Nevada voted for a third party candidate. It was the election of 1894, when reaction to the Gilded Age of great wealth and impoverished workers generated support for silver and economic populism. Nevadans voted for James Weaver, the candidate of the People’s Party, over Republican Benjamin Harrison and Democrat Grover Cleveland.

Nevada has voted Republican 20 times, Democratic 16 times.