DC
District of Columbia
Party timeline · 1964–2024
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Swing timeline · District of Columbia
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 0 flips across 16 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 16
Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20241,2 | Dem Harris | Harris 294,185 90.3% | Trump 21,076 6.5% | None | 273,109 83.8 pts | R +2.9 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 317,323 92.1% | Trump 18,586 5.4% | None | 298,737 86.8 pts | D +0.3 since 2016 |
| 20163,4 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 282,830 90.5% | Trump 12,723 4.1% | Gary Johnson 4,906 · 1.6% Jill Stein 4,258 · 1.4% | 270,107 86.4 pts | D +2.8 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 267,070 90.9% | Romney 21,381 7.3% | None | 245,689 83.6 pts | R +2.3 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 245,800 92.5% | McCain 17,367 6.5% | None | 228,433 85.9 pts | D +6.1 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 202,970 89.2% | Bush 21,256 9.3% | None | 181,714 79.8 pts | D +3.6 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore Gore 2, 1 blank ballot (an elector abstained in protest) | Gore 171,923 85.2% | Bush 18,073 9.0% | Ralph Nader 10,576 · 5.2% | 153,850 76.2 pts | D +0.3 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 158,220 85.2% | Dole 17,339 9.3% | Ralph Nader 4,780 · 2.6% Ross Perot 3,611 · 1.9% | 140,881 75.9 pts | D +0.3 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 192,619 84.6% | Bush 20,698 9.1% | Ross Perot 9,681 · 4.3% | 171,921 75.5 pts | D +7.2 since 1988 |
| 19885 | Dem Dukakis | Dukakis 159,407 82.6% | Bush 27,590 14.3% | None | 131,817 68.3 pts | R +3.3 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Dem Mondale | Mondale 180,408 85.4% | Reagan 29,009 13.7% | None | 151,399 71.7 pts | D +10.2 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Dem Carter | Carter 130,231 74.9% | Reagan 23,313 13.4% | John B. Anderson 16,131 · 9.3% Barry Commoner 1,826 · 1.1% | 106,918 61.5 pts | R +3.6 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 137,818 81.6% | Ford 27,873 16.5% | None | 109,945 65.1 pts | D +8.6 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Dem McGovern | McGovern 127,627 78.1% | Nixon 35,226 21.6% | None | 92,401 56.5 pts | R +7.1 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 139,566 81.8% | Nixon 31,012 18.2% | None | 108,554 63.6 pts | R +7.4 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 169,796 85.5% | Goldwater 28,801 14.5% | None | 140,995 71.0 pts | First sourced year |
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2024 The candidate figures add up to 328,404 votes, but the source gives a total of 325,869 (+2,535). Percentages here use the source's total.
- 2024 'Other candidates' includes 2,535 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 'Other candidates' includes 1,307 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 The source reports 6,551 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1988 The source reports 3,064 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 . How these figures were compiled
Results · oldest → newest
New Deal Coalition
1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Humphrey
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
McGovern
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Carter
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Mondale
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Dukakis
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Clinton
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Biden
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Harris
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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