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Washington, D.C.
2020 presidential election

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Democratic primary: June 2, 2020
Democratic winner: Joe Biden

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Republican primary: June 2, 2020
Republican winner: Donald Trump

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Electoral College: Three votes
2020 winner: Joe Biden
2016 winner: Hillary Clinton (D)
2012 winner: Barack Obama (D)

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Presidential election by state, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2020. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's (R) 232 electoral votes.

The Democratic and Republican parties held primary elections on June 2, 2020. Biden won the Democratic primary, and Trump won the Republican primary.[1]

Washington, D.C., was first able to cast electoral votes in presidential elections beginning in 1964. In the 14 presidential elections since, the Democratic candidate has won the district in each election.[2]

This page includes the following sections:

* Candidates and election results
* Democratic primary
* Republican primary
* Historical election trends
* Presidential election by state

## Contents

* 1 Candidates and election results
* 1.1 General election
* 1.2 Primary election
* 2 Democratic primary
* 3 Republican primary
* 4 Historical election results
* 4.1 2016
* 4.1.1 General election
* 4.1.2 Primary election
* 4.2 2012
* 4.3 2008
* 5 Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016
* 6 Historical election trends
* 6.1 Presidential election voting record in D.C., 1964-2016
* 6.2 Presidential election voting record in Washington, D.C., 2000-2016
* 7 Presidential election by state
* 8 See also
* 9 Footnotes

## Candidates and election results[edit]

### General election[edit]

#####  Presidential election results in , 2020

Candidate/Running mate

Popular votes

Electoral votes

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| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)  |

92.1

| 317,323 | 3

| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |

5.4

| 18,586 | 0

| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)  |

0.6

| 2,036 | 0

| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)  |

0.5

| 1,726 | 0

| Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Independent)  |

0.2

| 855 | 0

| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent)  |

0.2

| 693 | 0
| Other write-in votes |

0.9

| 3,137 | 0

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 344,356

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### Primary election[edit]

##### District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary on June 2, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

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| Joe Biden |

76.0

| 84,093 | 20

| Elizabeth Warren |

12.9

| 14,228 | 0

| Bernie Sanders |

10.0

| 11,116 | 0

| Tulsi Gabbard |

0.4

| 442 | 0
| Other |

0.7

| 809 | 0

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Source

| Total votes: 110,688 • Total pledged delegates: 20

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##### District of Columbia Republican presidential primary on June 2, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

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| Donald Trump |

100

| 1,559 | 19

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Source

| Total votes: 1,559 • Total pledged delegates: 19

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## Democratic primary[edit]

See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

* Washington, D.C., held its Democratic primary election on June 2, 2020.

* Washington, D.C., had an estimated 45 delegates comprised of 20 pledged delegates and 25 superdelegates. Delegate allocation was proportional.

* The Democratic primary was closed, meaning only registered Democrats were able to vote in the election.

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[3] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[4] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.

With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[5] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[6]

Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[7]

## Republican primary[edit]

See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

* Washington, D.C., held its Republican primary election on June 2, 2020.

* Washington, D.C., had an estimated 19 delegates. Delegate allocation is a winner takes all.

* The Republican convention will be closed, meaning only registered Republicans will be able to participate in the convention.

The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[8]

Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.

George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[9]

Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.

For an overview of the 2016 presidential election in Washington, D.C., click here.

## Historical election results[edit]

### 2016[edit]

#### General election[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Washington, D.C., 2016

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 90.9% | 282,830 | 3
| Republican  |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 4.1% | 12,723 | 0
| Libertarian  |  Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 1.6% | 4,906 | 0
| Green  |  Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 1.4% | 4,258 | 0
| \-  |  Write-in votes  | 2.1% | 6,551 | 0
Total Votes | 311,268 | 3
Election results via: D.C. Board of Elections

#### Primary election[edit]

Washington, D.C. Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates
Hillary Clinton | 78% | 76,704 | 16
Bernie Sanders  | 20.7% | 20,361 | 4
Rocky De La Fuente  | 0.2% | 213 | 0
Other  | 0.5% | 485 | 0
Under and over votes  | 0.6% | 635 | 0
Totals | 98,398 | 20
Source: The New York Times and D.C. Board of Elections

Washington, D.C. Republican Caucus, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates
Marco Rubio | 37.3% | 1,059 | 10
John Kasich  | 35.5% | 1,009 | 9
Donald Trump  | 13.8% | 391 | 0
Ted Cruz  | 12.4% | 351 | 0
Other  | 1% | 29 | 0
Totals | 2,839 | 19
Source: The New York Times and Politico

### 2012[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Washington, D.C., 2012

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  | Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent | 90.9% | 267,070 | 3
| Republican  |  Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 7.3% | 21,381 | 0
| Libertarian  |  Gary Johnson/Jim Gray  | 0.7% | 2,083 | 0
| Green  |  Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala  | 0.8% | 2,458 | 0
| Write-in  |  Write-in candidates  | 0.3% | 772 | 0
Total Votes | 293,764 | 3
Election results via: District of Columbia Board of Elections

### 2008[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Washington, D.C., 2008

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  | Barack Obama/Joe Biden | 92.5% | 245,800 | 3
| Republican  |  John McCain/Sarah Palin | 6.5% | 17,367 | 0
| Independent  |  Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez  | 0.4% | 958 | 0
| Green  |  Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente  | 0.2% | 590 | 0
| Write-in  |  Write-in candidates  | 0.4% | 1,138 | 0
Total Votes | 265,853 | 3
Election results via: District of Columbia Board of Elections

## Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016[edit]

See also: Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.

* Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
* Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
* The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.

## Historical election trends[edit]

See also: Presidential voting history by state

District of Columbia presidential election results (1900-2020)
15 Democratic wins

Year  | 1900  | 1904  | 1908  | 1912  | 1916  | 1920  | 1924  | 1928  | 1932  | 1936  | 1940  | 1944  | 1948  | 1952  | 1956  | 1960  | 1964  | 1968  | 1972  | 1976  | 1980  | 1984  | 1988  | 1992  | 1996  | 2000  | 2004  | 2008  | 2012  | 2016  | 2020

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### Presidential election voting record in D.C., 1964-2016[edit]

Between 1964 and 2016:

* D.C. participated in 14 presidential elections. Its first was in 1964. It received the right to cast electoral votes in presidential elections in 1961 with the ratification of the 23rd Amendment.
* D.C. voted for the winning presidential candidate 42.86 percent of the time.
* D.C. voted Democratic 100 percent of the time and Republican 0 percent of the time.

### Presidential election voting record in Washington, D.C., 2000-2016[edit]

* Accuracy: 40 percent[10]
* 2000 state winner: Al Gore (D)
* 2004 state winner: John Kerry (D)
* 2008 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
* 2012 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
* 2016 state winner: Hillary Clinton (D)

*An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.

## Presidential election by state[edit]

See also: Presidential election by state, 2020

Click on a state below to navigate to information about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.

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## See also[edit]

* Presidential candidates, 2020
* Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
* Republican presidential nomination, 2020
* Presidential election by state, 2020

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Primary Election 2020 - Election Night Unofficial Results," accessed June 3, 2020
2. ↑ 270 to Win, "District of Columbia," accessed June 17, 2019
3. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
4. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
5. ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
6. ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
7. ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
8. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
9. ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
10. ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.

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