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Riverside County, California presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Riverside County by 1.3 points, out of 940,510 votes for president.

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D+20R+20D+10R+102000: R+6.520002004: R+16.820042008: D+2.320082012: D+1.620122016: D+5.320162020: D+8.020202024: R+1.32024
Riverside County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
TicketVotesShareBar
Donald J. Trump REP463,67749.3%
Kamala Harris DEM451,78248.0%
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. AI11,1601.2%
Jill Stein GRN7,3500.8%
Claudia De la Cruz PF3,3150.4%
Chase Oliver LIB3,1210.3%
Peter Sonski (W/I)1050.0%
Total940,510

Riverside County was R+1.3 against D+20.1 statewide, 21.4 points more Republican than the state.

Source: California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, November 5, 2024 General Election; President by County (printed pages 16-18 = PDF pages 18-20)

TicketVotesShareBar
Joseph R. Biden DEM528,34053.0%
Donald J. Trump REP449,14445.0%
Jo Jorgensen LIB9,9701.0%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra AI3,3920.3%
Howie Hawkins GRN3,3720.3%
Gloria La Riva PF2,7890.3%
Brian Carroll (W/I)1220.0%
Mark Charles (W/I)120.0%
Jesse Ventura (W/I)100.0%
Brock Pierce (W/I)40.0%
Joseph Kishore (W/I)10.0%
Total997,156

Riverside County was D+8.0 against D+29.2 statewide, 21.2 points more Republican than the state.

Source: 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)

TicketVotesShareBar
Hillary Clinton DEM373,69549.7%
Donald J. Trump333,24344.4%
Gary Johnson LIB24,0893.2%
Jill Stein (GRN)11,3201.5%
Gloria Estela La Riva (PF)3,4330.5%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (W/I)3,3870.5%
Evan McMullin (W/I)2,1680.3%
Mike Maturen (W/I)490.0%
Laurence Kotlikoff (W/I)40.0%
Jerry White (W/I)30.0%
Total751,391

Riverside County was D+5.3 against D+30.1 statewide, 24.8 points more Republican than the state.

Source: California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016, General Election (81 pages): President by county (pages 19-24; pages 22-24 hold two more write-in columns)

TicketVotesShareBar
Barack Obama DEM329,06349.7%
Mitt Romney REP318,12748.1%
Gary Johnson LIB6,2230.9%
Roseanne Barr PF2,6090.4%
Thomas Hoefling AI2,3500.4%
Jill Stein GRN2,2430.3%
Ron Paul NPP (W/I)1,2120.2%
Virgil Goode NPP (W/I)450.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson NPP (W/I)200.0%
Stewart Alexander NPP (W/I)100.0%
Jerry White NPP (W/I)50.0%
Shelia "Samm" Tittle NPP (W/I)00.0%
Stephen Durham NPP (W/I)00.0%
James Harris NPP (W/I)00.0%
Total661,907

Riverside County was D+1.6 against D+23.1 statewide, 21.5 points more Republican than the state.

Source: California Secretary of State, Statement of Vote, November 6, 2012 General Election; President by County (printed pages 17-22 = PDF pages 19-24; the write-in candidates continue in a second column block). * = incumbent

TicketVotesShareBar
Barack Obama DEM325,01750.2%
John McCain REP310,04147.9%
All other candidates12,2411.9%
Total647,299

Riverside County was D+2.3 against D+24.1 statewide, 21.8 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP322,47357.9%
John Kerry DEM228,80641.1%
All other candidates5,6031.0%
Total556,882

Riverside County was R+16.8 against D+9.9 statewide, 26.7 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP231,95551.4%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM202,57644.9%
All other candidates16,5963.7%
Total451,127

Riverside County was R+6.5 against D+11.8 statewide, 18.3 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Riverside County, California in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Riverside County by 1.3 points, out of 940,510 votes counted for president.

Is Riverside County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 1.3 points; 2020: Democratic by 8.0 points; 2016: Democratic by 5.3 points; 2012: Democratic by 1.6 points; 2008: Democratic by 2.3 points; 2004: Republican by 16.8 points; 2000: Republican by 6.5 points.

How does Riverside County vote compared with the rest of California?

In 2024 it was 21.4 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 1.3 points against Democratic by 20.1 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data