| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 362,114 | 378,416 | 761,714 | |
| 2020 | D | 455,859 | 366,257 | 841,130 | |
| 2016 | D | 340,833 | 271,240 | 653,983 | |
| 2012 | D | 305,109 | 262,358 | 582,930 | |
| 2008 | D | 315,720 | 277,408 | 606,334 | |
| 2004 | R | 227,789 | 289,306 | 523,276 | |
| 2000 | R | 214,749 | 221,757 | 454,893 | |
| 1996 | D | 183,372 | 180,135 | 413,355 | |
| 1992 | D | 183,634 | 176,563 | 474,070 | |
| 1988 | R | 151,118 | 235,167 | 392,008 | |
| 1984 | R | 116,454 | 222,071 | 342,705 | |
| 1980 | R | 91,790 | 172,957 | 289,812 | |
| 1976 | R | 109,636 | 113,265 | 228,885 | |
| 1972 | R | 85,986 | 144,689 | 242,256 | |
| 1968 | R | 89,418 | 111,974 | 223,616 | |
| 1964 | D | 123,012 | 92,145 | 215,400 | |
| 1960 | R | 90,888 | 99,481 | 191,313 | |
| 1956 | R | 64,946 | 86,263 | 151,652 | |
| 1952 | R | 54,615 | 73,921 | 129,631 | |
| 1948 | R | 45,691 | 46,570 | 95,838 | |
| 1944 | D | 38,530 | 34,084 | 73,260 | |
| 1940 | D | 37,520 | 30,511 | 68,878 | |
| 1936 | D | 33,955 | 22,219 | 57,016 | |
| 1932 | D | 24,889 | 22,094 | 49,548 | |
| 1928 | R | 9,436 | 29,229 | 39,112 | |
| 1924 | R | 2,634 | 15,974 | 28,061 | |
| 1920 | R | 5,620 | 12,518 | 19,921 | |
| 1916 | R | 9,398 | 11,932 | 23,545 | |
| 1912 | D | 5,835 | 0 | 15,343 | |
| 1908 | R | 2,685 | 4,729 | 8,940 | |
| 1904 | R | 1,573 | 3,884 | 6,670 | |
| 1900 | R | 2,347 | 3,135 | 6,011 | |
| 1896 | R | 2,740 | 2,818 | 5,805 | |
| 1892 | R | 2,546 | 3,686 | 7,567 | |
| 1888 | R | 2,388 | 3,059 | 5,718 | |
| 1884 | R | 1,288 | 1,617 | 2,974 | |
| 1880 | R | 711 | 730 | 1,487 | |
| 1876 | R | 607 | 674 | 1,300 |
San Bernardino County spans 20,000 square miles from Inland Empire suburbs to Mojave Desert communities, a geographic breadth that mirrors its political diversity and has pushed its presidential margins rightward by roughly 20 points over the past decade.
The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-eight points in 1912; the Republican margin reached fifty-one points in 1928. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
San Bernardino County's demographics — a population of 2,197,104, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $85,478 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hillsborough County and Riverside County.
