Election Results for Reading, PA Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	10,017	11.7
Deaths:	10,725	12.5
Net Migration:	595	0.7
Net Immigration:	1,549	1.8

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +13,300	D +1,379	D + 2.1%
D +14,679
2020 vs. 2012	R +25,224	R +15,119	R + 7.3%
D +10,105
2020 vs. 2008	R +29,413	R +33,344	R + 17.6%
D -3,931

2016 vs. 2008	R +16,113	R +34,723	R + 19.7%
D -18,610
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	62%	Donald Trump* (R)	109,926	53.2%	Joe Biden (D)	93,116	45.1%	3,511 [+]	1.7%	206,553	6	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 2,924 (1.4%);
2016	57%	Donald Trump (R)	96,626	52.5%	Hillary Clinton (D)	78,437	42.6%	9,022 [+]	4.9%	184,085	7	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 5,247 (2.9%); Jill Stein (Grn) 1,974 (1.1%); Evan McMullin (I) 210 (0.1%);
2012	54%	Mitt Romney (R)	84,702	49.6%	Barack Obama* (D)	83,011	48.6%	2,963 [+]	1.7%	170,676	2	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 1,832 (1.1%);
2008	59%	Barack Obama (D)	97,047	53.8%	John McCain (R)	80,513	44.6%	2,951 [+]	1.6%	180,511	-1	0.14%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 1,614 (0.9%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 826 (0.5%);
2004	56%	George W. Bush* (R)	87,122	53.0%	John Kerry (D)	76,309	46.4%	1,056 [+]	0.6%	164,487	2	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 0 (0.0%);
2000	48%	George W. Bush (R)	71,273	52.7%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	59,150	43.7%	4,874 [+]	3.6%	135,297	5	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 3,494 (2.6%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 439 (0.3%);
1996	45%	Robert Dole (R)	56,289	46.2%	Bill Clinton* (D)	49,887	41.0%	15,542 [+]	12.8%	121,718	6	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 13,788 (11.3%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,377 (1.1%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	50%	George Bush* (R)	52,939	40.3%	Bill Clinton (D)	46,031	35.0%	32,437 [+]	24.7%	131,407	3	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 31,663 (24.1%);
1988	44%	George Bush (R)	70,153	62.4%	Michael Dukakis (D)	41,040	36.5%	1,251 [+]	1.1%	112,444	9	0.12%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 513 (0.5%);
1984	46%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	74,605	65.9%	Walter Mondale (D)	37,849	33.5%	691	0.6%	113,145	7	0.12%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	46%	Ronald Reagan (R)	60,576	56.4%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	36,449	33.9%	10,360 [+]	9.6%	107,385	6	0.12%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 8,863 (8.3%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 965 (0.9%);
1976	50%	Gerald Ford* (R)	54,452	50.6%	Jimmy Carter (D)	50,994	47.4%	2,107 [+]	2.0%	107,553	3	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 1,176 (1.1%);
1972	50%	Richard Nixon* (R)	66,172	62.4%	George McGovern (D)	36,563	34.5%	3,392 [+]	3.2%	106,127	2	0.14%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 3,130 (2.9%);
1968	58%	Richard Nixon (R)	50,623	46.5%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	49,877	45.8%	8,424 [+]	7.7%	108,924	3	0.15%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 8,093 (7.4%);
1964	61%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	73,444	66.4%	Barry Goldwater (R)	36,726	33.2%	476	0.4%	110,646	-5	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	64%	Richard Nixon (R)	61,743	54.8%	John Kennedy (D)	50,572	44.9%	391	0.3%	112,706	5	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	56%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	57,258	57.3%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	42,349	42.4%	320	0.3%	99,927	0	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	56%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	51,720	52.4%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	45,874	46.5%	1,074	1.1%	98,668	-3	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	50%	Harry Truman* (D)	43,075	52.7%	Thomas Dewey (R)	35,608	43.6%	3,043 [+]	3.7%	81,726	-2	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 665 (0.8%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	51%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	43,889	53.9%	Thomas Dewey (R)	35,274	43.3%	2,247	2.8%	81,410	-3	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	55%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	53,301	61.3%	Wendell Willkie (R)	32,111	36.9%	1,522	1.8%	86,934	-8	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	62%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	56,907	64.4%	Alf Landon (R)	26,699	30.2%	4,721 [+]	5.3%	88,327	-6	0.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: Norman Thomas (Soc) 2,671 (3.0%); William Lemke (Union) 1,879 (2.1%);
1932	53%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	29,763	40.8%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	27,073	37.1%	16,187 [+]	22.2%	73,023	-3	0.18%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 15,988 (21.9%);
1928	56%	Herbert Hoover (R)	47,073	64.0%	Al Smith (D)	18,960	25.8%	7,481 [+]	10.2%	73,514	6	0.20%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 7,367 (10.0%);
1924	44%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	28,186	51.3%	John Davis (D)	17,220	31.4%	9,487 [+]	17.3%	54,893	-3	0.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 9,273 (16.9%);
1920	40%	Warren Harding (R)	22,221	47.7%	James Cox (D)	18,361	39.4%	6,009 [+]	12.9%	46,591	-13	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 5,674 (12.2%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 288 (0.6%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 24 (0.1%);
1916	30%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	19,267	55.4%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	11,937	34.3%	3,565 [+]	10.3%	34,769	-12	0.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 3,146 (9.0%); James Hanly (Proh) 393 (1.1%);
1912	31%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	16,430	47.5%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	11,284	32.7%	6,846 [+]	19.8%	34,560	-14	0.23%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,636 (10.5%); William Taft* (R) 3,032 (8.8%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 160 (0.5%);
1908	32%	William J. Bryan (D)	17,381	52.2%	William Taft (R)	13,642	41.0%	2,245 [+]	6.7%	33,268	-11	0.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,858 (5.6%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 349 (1.0%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 15 (0.0%);
1904	35%	Alton Parker (D)	16,357	48.7%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	15,539	46.3%	1,683 [+]	5.0%	33,579	-10	0.25%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,313 (3.9%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 336 (1.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 0 (0.0%);
1900	37%	William J. Bryan (D)	19,013	56.6%	William McKinley* (R)	13,952	41.5%	628 [+]	1.9%	33,593	-10	0.24%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 315 (0.9%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 243 (0.7%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

93,116

45.1%

Donald Trump* (R)

109,926

53.2%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

2,924

1.4%

Other

587

0.3%

TOTAL

206,553

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 6

2016 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

78,437

42.6%

Donald Trump (R)

96,626

52.5%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

5,247

2.9%

Jill Stein (Grn)

1,974

1.1%

Evan McMullin (I)

210

0.1%

Other

1,591

0.9%

TOTAL

184,085

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 7

2012 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

83,011

48.6%

Mitt Romney (R)

84,702

49.6%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

1,832

1.1%

Other

1,131

0.7%

TOTAL

170,676

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): 2

2008 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

97,047

53.8%

John McCain (R)

80,513

44.6%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,614

0.9%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

826

0.5%

Other

511

0.3%

TOTAL

180,511

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -1

2004 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

87,122

53.0%

John Kerry (D)

76,309

46.4%

Other

1,056

0.6%

TOTAL

164,487

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 2

2000 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

71,273

52.7%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

59,150

43.7%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3,494

2.6%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

439

0.3%

Other

941

0.7%

TOTAL

135,297

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 5

1996 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

49,887

41.0%

Robert Dole (R)

56,289

46.2%

Ross Perot (Ref)

13,788

11.3%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

1,377

1.1%

Other

377

0.3%

TOTAL

121,718

Turnout: 45%	Diff (US): 6

1992 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

46,031

35.0%

George Bush* (R)

52,939

40.3%

Ross Perot (I)

31,663

24.1%

Other

774

0.6%

TOTAL

131,407

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 3

1988 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

70,153

62.4%

Michael Dukakis (D)

41,040

36.5%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

513

0.5%

Other

738

0.7%

TOTAL

112,444

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): 9

1984 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

74,605

65.9%

Walter Mondale (D)

37,849

33.5%

Other

691

0.6%

TOTAL

113,145

Turnout: 46%	Diff (US): 7

1980 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

60,576

56.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

36,449

33.9%

John Anderson (I)

8,863

8.3%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

965

0.9%

Other

532

0.5%

TOTAL

107,385

Turnout: 46%	Diff (US): 6

1976 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

50,994

47.4%

Gerald Ford* (R)

54,452

50.6%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

1,176

1.1%

Other

931

0.9%

TOTAL

107,553

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

66,172

62.4%

George McGovern (D)

36,563

34.5%

John Schmitz (Amer)

3,130

2.9%

Other

262

0.2%

TOTAL

106,127

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 2

1968 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

50,623

46.5%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

49,877

45.8%

George Wallace (AIP)

8,093

7.4%

Other

331

0.3%

TOTAL

108,924

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 3

1964 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

73,444

66.4%

Barry Goldwater (R)

36,726

33.2%

Other

476

0.4%

TOTAL

110,646

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -5

1960 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

50,572

44.9%

Richard Nixon (R)

61,743

54.8%

Other

391

0.3%

TOTAL

112,706

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): 5

1956 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

57,258

57.3%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

42,349

42.4%

Other

320

0.3%

TOTAL

99,927

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 0

1952 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

51,720

52.4%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

45,874

46.5%

Other

1,074

1.1%

TOTAL

98,668

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -3

1948 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

43,075

52.7%

Thomas Dewey (R)

35,608

43.6%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

665

0.8%

Other

2,378

2.9%

TOTAL

81,726

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): -2

1944 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

43,889

53.9%

Thomas Dewey (R)

35,274

43.3%

Other

2,247

2.8%

TOTAL

81,410

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): -3

1940 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

53,301

61.3%

Wendell Willkie (R)

32,111

36.9%

Other

1,522

1.8%

TOTAL

86,934

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -8

1936 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

56,907

64.4%

Alf Landon (R)

26,699

30.2%

William Lemke (Union)

1,879

2.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

2,671

3.0%

Other

171

0.2%

TOTAL

88,327

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -6

1932 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

29,763

40.8%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

27,073

37.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

15,988

21.9%

Other

199

0.3%

TOTAL

73,023

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -3

1928 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

47,073

64.0%

Al Smith (D)

18,960

25.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

7,367

10.0%

Other

114

0.2%

TOTAL

73,514

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 6

1924 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

28,186

51.3%

John Davis (D)

17,220

31.4%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

9,273

16.9%

Other

214

0.4%

TOTAL

54,893

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): -3

1920 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

22,221

47.7%

James Cox (D)

18,361

39.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

5,674

12.2%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

0.1%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

288

0.6%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

46,591

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): -13

1916 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

19,267

55.4%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

11,937

34.3%

Allan Benson (Soc)

3,146

9.0%

James Hanly (Proh)

393

1.1%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

34,769

Turnout: 30%	Diff (US): -12

1912 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

16,430

47.5%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

11,284

32.7%

William Taft* (R)

3,032

8.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,636

10.5%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

160

0.5%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

34,560

Turnout: 31%	Diff (US): -14

1908 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

13,642

41.0%

William J. Bryan (D)

17,381

52.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,858

5.6%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

349

1.0%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.0%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

33,268

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): -11

1904 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

15,539

46.3%

Alton Parker (D)

16,357

48.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,313

3.9%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

336

1.0%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

33,579

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): -10

1900 President, Reading, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

13,952

41.5%

William J. Bryan (D)

19,013

56.6%

John Woolley (Proh)

315

0.9%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

243

0.7%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

33,593

Turnout: 37%	Diff (US): -10

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	292,617	67.98%	7.5%
Black:	19,135	4.45%	15.9%
Indian:	485	0.11%	9.5%
Asian:	6,486	1.51%	22.3%
2+ races:	6,241	1.45%	26.0%
Hispanic:	105,485	24.51%	56.6%

Total non-White:	137,832	32.02%	45.0%

Change in White population:	-23,789	-5.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	42,796	10.4

Reading, PA Metro Area

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