State and Snohomish County presidential picks

In its first presidential election as a state, Washington sided with a loser. So, too, did residents of Snohomish County. That year, 1892, the nation elected Democrat Grover Cleveland while a majority of voters in the state and the county favored a second term for incumbent Republican President Benjamin Harrison.

Seven times since, county voters preferred a different commander-in-chief than the one elected. With ballots for the 2012 election arriving in mailboxes next week, here's a look at past results. We'll refrain from making predictions about the future.

Click here to see each presidential matchup since 1892, and how the county, state and nation voted in each election.

Presidential picks, 1892-2008

Washington became a state Nov. 11, 1889.

Year of election	Elected president	Washington voted for	Snohomish County voted for
1892	Grover Cleveland-D	Benjamin Harrison-R	*Benjamin Harrison-R
1896	William McKinley-R	William Jennings Bryan-D	*William McKinley-R
1900	William McKinley-R	William McKinley-R	*William McKinley-R
1904	Theodore Roosevelt-R	Theodore Roosevelt-R	*Theodore Roosevelt-R
1908	William Howard Taft-R	William Howard Taft-R	*William Howard Taft-R
1912	Woodrow Wilson-D	Theodore Roosevelt-Progressive	*Theodore Roosevelt-Progressive
1916	Woodrow Wilson-D	Woodrow Wilson-D	*Charles Hughes-R
1920	Warren Harding-R	Warren Harding-R	*Warren Harding-R
1924	Calvin Coolidge-R	Calvin Coolidge-R	*Calvin Coolidge-R
1928	Herbert Hoover-R	Herbert Hoover-R	*Herbert Hoover-R
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	*Franklin D. Roosevelt-D
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D	Franklin D. Roosevelt-D
1948	Harry Truman-D	Harry Truman-D	Harry Truman-D
1952	Dwight Eisenhower-R	Dwight Eisenhower-R	Adlai Stevenson-D
1956	Dwight Eisenhower-R	Dwight Eisenhower-R	Adlai Stevenson-D
1960	John F. Kennedy-D	Richard M. Nixon-R	John F. Kennedy-D
1964	Lyndon Johnson-D	Lyndon Johnson-D	Lyndon B. Johnson-D
1968	Richard Nixon-R	Hubert Humphrey-D	Hubert Humphrey-D
1972	Richard Nixon-R	Richard M. Nixon-R	Richard M. Nixon-R
1976	Jimmy Carter-D	Gerald Ford-R	Jimmy Carter-D
1980	Ronald Reagan-R	Ronald Reagan-R	Ronald Reagan-R
1984	Ronald Reagan-R	Ronald Reagan-R	Ronald Reagan-R
1988	George Bush-R	Michael Dukakis-D	George Bush-R
1992	Bill Clinton-D	Bill Clinton-D	Bill Clinton-D
1996	Bill Clinton-D	Bill Clinton-D	Bill Clinton-D
2000	George W. Bush-R	Al Gore-D	Al Gore-D
2004	George W. Bush-R	John Kerry-D	John Kerry-D
2008	Barack Obama-D	Barack Obama-D	Barack Obama-D

*Washington voted for electors of a political party from 1892-1932; candidate names appeared on ballots starting in 1936.
Sources: The American Presidency Project and 270 to Win.