California presidential election results 2020

Joseph R. Biden carried California by 29.16 points (5,103,821 votes), winning 55 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 55
Votes counted: 17,500,881
CA result: D+29.2
Compared with the nation: 24.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2016: 0.9 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Joseph R. Biden	Democratic	11,110,250	63.48%	55
Donald J. Trump	Republican	6,006,429	34.32%	—
Others	Others	384,202	2.20%	—
Total votes		17,500,881

Sources: ca-2020.pdf · 2020

County resultsCertified

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California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, November 3, 2020 General Election; President by County (printed pages 18-23 = PDF pages 22-27; the write-in candidates continue in a second column block)
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All 11 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
Joseph R. Biden DEM	DEM	11,110,250	63.48%
Donald J. Trump* REP	REP	6,006,429	34.32%
Jo Jorgensen LIB	LIB	187,895	1.07%
Howie Hawkins GRN	GRN	81,029	0.46%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra AI	AI	60,160	0.34%
Gloria La Riva PF	PF	51,037	0.29%
Brian Carroll (W/I)	W/I	2,605	0.01%
Jesse Ventura (W/I)	W/I	611	0.00%
Mark Charles (W/I)	W/I	559	0.00%
Brock Pierce (W/I)	W/I	185	0.00%
Joseph Kishore (W/I)	W/I	121	0.00%

Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Joseph R. Biden	Donald J. Trump	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra	Howie Hawkins	Jo Jorgensen	Gloria La Riva	Brian Carroll	Mark Charles	Joseph Kishore	Brock Pierce	Jesse Ventura	Total	Margin
Alameda	617,659	136,309	2,399	4,664	6,295	2,538	127	25	17	8	29	770,070	62.5
Alpine	476	244	0	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	741	31.3
Amador	8,153	13,585	64	110	349	41	1	0	0	0	1	22,304	24.4
Butte	50,426	48,730	324	507	1,774	281	15	2	0	3	4	102,066	1.7
Calaveras	10,046	16,518	72	125	359	44	0	0	0	0	0	27,164	23.8
Colusa	3,239	4,559	30	25	81	27	0	0	0	0	0	7,961	16.6
Contra Costa	416,386	152,877	1,949	2,618	6,116	1,284	57	14	2	3	10	581,316	45.3
Del Norte	4,677	6,461	53	78	150	33	1	0	0	0	0	11,453	15.6
El Dorado	51,621	61,838	240	460	1,871	108	15	1	0	0	5	116,159	8.8
Fresno	193,025	164,464	1,147	1,474	4,031	668	64	32	0	2	10	364,917	7.8
Glenn	3,995	7,063	39	34	128	33	5	0	0	0	0	11,297	27.2
Humboldt	44,768	21,770	251	625	1,132	282	7	6	0	0	2	68,843	33.4
Imperial	34,678	20,847	291	234	390	278	25	0	0	0	0	56,743	24.4
Inyo	4,634	4,620	32	45	128	22	1	2	0	0	0	9,484	0.1
Kern	133,366	164,484	1,264	1,074	3,942	1,096	35	20	0	2	9	305,292	10.2
Kings	18,699	24,072	180	125	604	178	0	1	0	1	1	43,861	12.3
Lake	14,941	13,123	89	207	374	66	2	5	1	2	2	28,812	6.3
Lassen	2,799	8,970	26	31	141	18	0	0	0	0	2	11,987	51.5
Los Angeles	3,028,885	1,145,530	15,999	21,660	35,452	15,917	485	127	30	72	208	4,264,365	44.2
Madera	23,168	29,378	173	217	621	165	8	0	0	0	2	53,732	11.6
Marin	128,288	24,612	380	724	1,536	261	11	6	0	3	9	155,830	66.5
Mariposa	4,088	5,950	26	39	155	22	0	0	0	0	0	10,280	18.1
Mendocino	28,782	13,267	123	394	591	179	0	1	0	0	3	43,340	35.8
Merced	48,991	39,397	391	388	941	433	10	0	0	0	3	90,554	10.6
Modoc	1,150	3,109	13	15	39	12	2	2	0	0	1	4,343	45.1
Mono	4,013	2,513	25	42	126	18	0	0	0	0	1	6,738	22.3
Monterey	113,953	46,299	566	749	1,820	496	27	5	2	0	6	163,923	41.3
Napa	49,817	20,676	241	310	914	164	22	0	0	2	4	72,150	40.4
Nevada	36,359	26,779	189	345	919	147	6	2	0	3	1	64,750	14.8
Orange	814,009	676,498	4,642	5,819	17,325	3,432	297	44	5	12	30	1,522,113	9.0
Placer	106,869	122,488	593	779	3,948	340	41	15	0	1	10	235,084	6.6
Plumas	4,561	6,445	31	39	153	27	3	0	0	1	0	11,260	16.7
Riverside	528,340	449,144	3,392	3,372	9,970	2,789	122	12	1	4	10	997,156	7.9
Sacramento	440,808	259,405	2,630	3,254	9,770	2,423	95	22	1	13	19	718,440	25.2
San Benito	17,628	10,590	84	91	345	83	6	2	0	0	1	28,830	24.4
San Bernardino	455,859	366,257	3,355	3,619	8,791	3,050	141	20	3	2	33	841,130	10.7
San Diego	964,650	600,094	5,302	7,421	21,386	2,869	275	51	30	16	49	1,602,143	22.8
San Francisco	378,156	56,417	1,262	2,781	3,299	1,543	48	17	5	7	18	443,553	72.5
San Joaquin	161,137	121,098	1,251	1,064	2,929	964	34	8	—	—	7	288,492	13.9
San Luis Obispo	88,310	67,436	455	794	2,408	278	22	7	1	0	3	159,714	13.1
San Mateo	291,496	75,584	1,145	1,595	3,554	797	59	4	2	3	12	374,251	57.7
Santa Barbara	129,963	65,736	714	939	2,416	520	35	7	2	0	7	200,339	32.1
Santa Clara	617,967	214,612	2,623	4,040	9,131	2,149	151	24	8	7	29	850,741	47.4
Santa Cruz	114,246	26,937	434	1,062	1,704	413	17	8	3	4	9	144,837	60.3
Shasta	30,000	60,789	281	368	1,277	185	14	6	0	4	6	92,930	33.1
Sierra	730	1,142	12	13	27	6	0	1	0	0	0	1,931	21.3
Siskiyou	9,593	13,290	79	116	318	54	16	3	0	2	1	23,472	15.8
Solano	131,639	69,306	825	958	2,475	628	37	3	1	1	4	205,877	30.3
Sonoma	199,938	61,825	832	1,499	3,418	740	32	16	1	1	15	268,317	51.5
Stanislaus	105,841	104,145	926	742	2,494	728	62	7	0	0	9	214,954	0.8
Sutter	17,367	24,375	126	136	521	115	3	0	0	0	1	42,644	16.4
Tehama	8,911	19,141	111	90	403	65	7	2	0	0	1	28,731	35.6
Trinity	2,851	3,188	27	50	117	25	0	0	0	0	1	6,259	5.4
Tulare	66,105	77,579	632	483	1,498	535	46	4	0	1	2	146,885	7.8
Tuolumne	11,978	17,689	91	145	439	59	4	2	0	0	1	30,408	18.8
Ventura	251,388	162,207	1,278	1,766	5,069	990	84	16	5	5	17	422,825	21.1
Yolo	67,598	27,292	298	547	1,206	323	24	3	1	0	2	97,294	41.4
Yuba	11,230	17,676	153	124	510	94	4	4	0	0	1	29,796	21.6

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Certificate of Ascertainment

The governor’s certificate naming California’s electors was signed on the 3rd day of November, 2020. Open the certificate (PDF, 7 pages)

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Questions and answers

Who won California in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden won California by 29.16 percentage points (5,103,821 votes).

How many electoral votes did California have in 2020?

California cast 55 electoral votes in 2020.

How many people voted for president in California in 2020?

17,500,881 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in California in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden 35, Donald J. Trump 23 (out of 58 counties with results).

How did California change from 2016 to 2020?

The margin moved 0.9 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 30.1 points to Democratic by 29.2 points.

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