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In all, the Republican Party has carried Pennsylvania in 26 presidential elections, the Democratic Party in 20, the Democratic-Republican Party in 8, the Whig Party in 2, and the Progressive Party in 1 (1912). A nonpartisan candidate, George Washington, carried the state twice (in 1789 and 1792).
Information on how the residents of Pennsylvania have voted in presidential elections. Includes trends and polls for the 2024 election, as well as a Pennsylvania voting history and narrative.
Elections in Pennsylvania elect the five state-level offices, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, including the senate and house of representatives, as well as the state's congressional delegation for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
The list below contains election returns from all nineteen Class 1 and twenty-one Class 3 post-17th Amendment U.S. Senate elections in Pennsylvania, including special elections, sorted by year and beginning with the first in 1914 and the most recent in 2022.
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION : Party: Democratic: Won: 11/02/1971: Name: Frank L. Rizzo: Votes: 394,067 (52.87%) Term: 01/03/1972 - 01/05/1976: Margin: 48,155 (+6.46%)
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Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern. Nixon won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 19.98%, winning every county except for Philadelphia. This result nonetheless was over 3% more Democratic than the nation at-large.
