California without Orange County

[Sumner 1868]

1960
Kennedy: 3,112,092 (50.03%)
Nixon: 3,084,831 (49.59%)

1964
Johnson: 3,995,338 (60.02%)
Goldwater: 2,654,912 (39.88%)

1968
Nixon: 3,152,759 (46.68%)
Humphrey: 3,095449 (45.83%)
Wallace: 454,236 (6.72%)

1972
Nixon: 4,153,807 (53.86%)
McGovern: 3,299,000 (42.78%)

1976
Carter: 3,510,038 (48.57%)
Ford: 3,473,612 (48.06%)

1980
Reagan: 3,995,061 (51.34%)
Carter: 2,861,957 (36.78%)
Anderson: 684,534 (8.79%)

1984
Reagan: 4,831,996 (55.77%)
Mondale: 3,716,247 (42.89%)

1988
Bush: 4,468,687 (49.47%)
Dukakis: 4,433,220 (49.08%)

1992
Clinton: 4,814,395 (45.63%)
Bush: 3,587,961 (34.00%)
Perot: 2,063,612 (19.56%)

1996
Clinton: 4,792,350 (53.59%)
Dole: 3,381,663 (37.81%)
Perot: 631,652 (7.06%)

2000
Gore: 5,469,384 (54.66%)
Bush: 4,026,130 (40.23%)
Nader: 391,874 (3.91%)

2004
Kerry: 6,326,246 (55.68%)
Bush: 4,867,994 (42.84%)

2008
Obama: 7,724,915 (62.02%)
McCain: 4,432,717 (35.59%)

2012:
Obama: 7,341,845 (61.10%)
Romney: 4,311,626 (35.88%)

2016
Clinton: 8,143,827 (62.06%)
Trump: 3,976,662 (30.30%)

7/18/2023 EDIT: Let's continue on.

2020
Biden: 10,296,630
Trump: 5,330,020
Other: 363,502

[Figueira]

Yeah, this just shows that the only times California was a super-Republican state were when Nixon and Reagan were on the tickets.

[MarkD]

Yeah, this just shows that the only times California was a super-Republican state were when Nixon and Reagan were on the tickets.

It makes me wonder how many Republicans would be willing to amend the Constitution to allow any citizen, not just natural-born citizens, to run for President, and then see what happens if Schwarzenegger gets nominated.