2016

District of Columbia in 2016

The 2016 contest saw District of Columbia line up behind Clinton, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Donald Trump (Republican) won the presidency, leaving District of Columbia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 14th consecutive election in which District of Columbia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1964. District of Columbia did not move alone — neighboring Maryland and Virginia broke the same way in 2016. Across the 16 presidential elections District of Columbia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (16 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Donald Trump took 304 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton's 227. Though Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton drew more of the national popular vote — 48.18% to 46.09%.