2020
Reading the 2020 result in Washington
Washington backed Biden (Democratic) in the 2020 presidential election, casting 12 electoral votes for the ticket. Washington ended up on the winning side — Joe Biden captured the White House that year.
It marked the 9th consecutive election in which Washington backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1988. The region divided — Oregon joined Washington for the Democratic ticket, while Idaho did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Washington has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (19 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.
In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.
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