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Presidential elections in the District of Columbia
Number of elections 15 Voted Democratic 15 Voted Republican 0 Voted other 0 Voted for winning candidate 7 Voted for losing candidate 8
The
District of Columbia is a political division coterminous with
Washington, D.C. , the capital city of the United States.
[1] Since the enactment of the
23rd amendment to the Constitution in 1961,
[2] the district has participated in 15
presidential elections . The amendment states that it cannot have more
electoral votes than the
state with the smallest number of electors.
[3] Since then, it has been allocated three electoral votes in every presidential election.
[4] The
Democratic Party has immense
political strength in the district . In each of the 15 presidential elections, the district has overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic candidate, with no
margin less than 56.5 percentage points. It has been won by the losing candidate in 8 of the 15 elections.
In the
2000 presidential election ,
Barbara Lett-Simmons , an elector from the district, left her ballot blank to protest
its lack of voting representation in
Congress . As a result,
Al Gore received only two of the three electoral votes from Washington, D.C.
[5] In 2016, 85.7% of the registered voters approved
a statehood referendum .
[6] In recent times, there have been various
statehood movements in the District of Columbia , which advocates making the district a state.
[7]
[8]
The district is a signatory of the
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact , an
interstate compact in which signatories award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national-level popular vote in a presidential election, even if another candidate won an individual signatory's popular vote. As of 2023,
[update] it has not yet
gone into force .
[9]
Presidential elections
Key for parties
Note – A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.
Presidential elections in the District of Columbia from 1964 to present
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Other candidate
[a]
EV
Ref.
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Lyndon B. Johnson
(D) ‡
169,796
85.5%
Barry Goldwater
(R)
28,801
14.5%
—
—
—
3
Hubert Humphrey
(D)
139,566
81.82%
Richard Nixon
(R) ‡
31,012
18.18%
—
—
—
3
George McGovern
(D)
127,627
78.1%
Richard Nixon
(R) ‡
35,226
21.56%
Linda Jenness
(SW)
316
0.19%
3
Jimmy Carter
(D) ‡
137,818
81.63%
Gerald Ford
(R)
27,873
16.51%
Peter Camejo
(SW)
545
0.32%
3
Jimmy Carter
(D)
130,231
74.32%
Ronald Reagan
(R) ‡
23,313
13.3%
John B. Anderson
(I)
16,131
9.21%
3
Walter Mondale
(D)
180,408
85.38%
Ronald Reagan
(R) ‡
29,009
13.73%
David Bergland
(LI)
279
0.13%
3
Michael Dukakis
(D)
159,407
82.65%
George H. W. Bush
(R) ‡
27,590
14.3%
Lenora Fulani
(NA)
2,901
1.5%
3
Bill Clinton
(D) ‡
192,619
84.64%
George H. W. Bush
(R)
20,698
9.1%
Ross Perot
(I)
9,681
4.25%
3
Bill Clinton
(D) ‡
158,220
85.19%
Bob Dole
(R)
17,339
9.34%
Ralph Nader
(G)
4,780
2.57%
3
Al Gore
(D)
171,923
85.16%
George W. Bush
(R) ‡
18,073
8.95%
Ralph Nader
(G)
10,576
5.24%
2
[d]
John Kerry
(D)
202,970
89.18%
George W. Bush
(R) ‡
21,256
9.34%
Ralph Nader
(I)
1,485
0.65%
3
Barack Obama
(D) ‡
245,800
92.46%
John McCain
(R)
17,367
6.53%
Ralph Nader
(I)
1,138
0.43%
3
Barack Obama
(D) ‡
267,070
90.91%
Mitt Romney
(R)
21,381
7.28%
Jill Stein
(G)
2,458
0.84%
3
Hillary Clinton
(D)
282,830
90.86%
Donald Trump
(R) ‡
12,723
4.09%
Gary Johnson
(LI)
4,906
1.58%
3
Joe Biden
(D) ‡
317,323
92.15%
Donald Trump
(R)
18,586
5.4%
Jo Jorgensen
(LI)
2,036
0.59%
3
Graph
The following graph shows the margin of victory of the Democratic Party over the Republican Party in the 15 presidential elections the District of Columbia participated.
See also
Notes
^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in the district
^ Various
write-in candidates received 1,944 votes.
^ Various write-in candidates received 809 votes.
^ Abstention from one elector
[36]
^ Various write-in candidates received 6,551 votes
[48]
^ Various write-in candidates received 3,137 votes
[50]
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