Washington
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dem Harris | Harris 2,245,849 57.2% | Trump 1,530,923 39.0% | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 54,868 · 1.4% | 714,926 18.2 pts | R +1.0 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 2,369,612 58.0% | Trump 1,584,651 38.8% | Jo Jorgensen 80,500 · 2.0% | 784,961 19.2 pts | D +3.5 since 2016 |
| 20161 | Dem Clinton Clinton 8, Powell 3 (faithless electors), Faith Spotted Eagle 1 (faithless elector) | Clinton 1,742,718 52.5% | Trump 1,221,747 36.8% | Gary Johnson 160,879 · 4.9% Jill Stein 58,417 · 1.8% | 520,971 15.7 pts | D +0.8 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,755,396 56.2% | Romney 1,290,670 41.3% | Gary Johnson 42,202 · 1.4% | 464,726 14.9 pts | R +2.3 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,750,848 57.7% | McCain 1,229,216 40.5% | None | 521,632 17.2 pts | D +10.0 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 1,510,201 52.8% | Bush 1,304,894 45.6% | None | 205,307 7.2 pts | D +1.6 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 1,247,652 50.2% | Bush 1,108,864 44.6% | Ralph Nader 103,002 · 4.1% | 138,788 5.6 pts | R +7.0 since 1996 |
| 19962 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,123,323 49.8% | Dole 840,712 37.3% | Ross Perot 201,003 · 8.9% | 282,611 12.5 pts | D +1.1 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 993,037 43.4% | Bush 731,234 32.0% | Ross Perot 541,780 · 23.7% | 261,803 11.4 pts | D +9.9 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Dem Dukakis | Dukakis 933,516 50.0% | Bush 903,835 48.5% | None | 29,681 1.6 pts | D +14.6 since 1984 |
| 19843,4 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 807,3523 42.9% | Reagan 1,051,670 55.8% | None | 244,318 13.0 pts | R +0.6 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 650,193 37.3% | Reagan 865,244 49.7% | John B. Anderson 185,073 · 10.6% Ed Clark 29,213 · 1.7% | 215,051 12.3 pts | R +8.5 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Rep Ford Ford 8, Reagan 1 (faithless elector) | Carter 717,323 46.1% | Ford 777,732 50.0% | Eugene McCarthy 36,986 · 2.4% | 60,409 3.9 pts | D +14.4 since 1972 |
| 19725 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 568,3345 38.6% | Nixon 837,1355 56.9% | John G. Schmitz 58,906 · 4.0%5 | 268,801 18.3 pts | R +20.4 since 1968 |
| 19686 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 616,0376 47.2% | Nixon 588,5106 45.1% | George Wallace 96,990 · 7.4%6 | 27,527 2.1 pts | R +22.5 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 779,699 62.0% | Goldwater 470,366 37.4% | None | 309,333 24.6 pts | D +27.0 since 1960 |
| 19607 | Rep Nixon | Kennedy 599,2987 48.3% | Nixon 629,2737 50.7% | None | 29,975 2.4 pts | D +6.1 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 523,002 45.4% | Eisenhower 620,430 53.9% | None | 97,428 8.5 pts | D +1.2 since 1952 |
| 19528 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 492,8458 44.7% | Eisenhower 599,1078 54.3% | None | 106,262 9.6 pts | R +19.6 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dem Truman | Truman 476,165 52.6% | Dewey 386,315 42.7% | Henry A. Wallace 31,692 · 3.5% | 89,850 9.9 pts | R +4.7 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 486,774 56.8% | Dewey 361,689 42.2% | None | 125,085 14.6 pts | R +3.0 since 1940 |
| 19409 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 462,1459 58.2% | Willkie 322,1239 40.6% | None | 140,022 17.6 pts | R +18.9 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 459,579 66.4% | Landon 206,892 29.9% | William Lemke 17,463 · 2.5% | 252,687 36.5 pts | D +13.0 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 353,260 57.5% | Hoover 208,645 33.9% | William H. Harvey 30,308 · 4.9% Norman Thomas 17,080 · 2.8% | 144,615 23.5 pts | D +59.3 since 1928 |
| 1928 | Rep Hoover | Smith 156,772 31.3% | Hoover 335,844 67.1% | None | 179,072 35.8 pts | D +6.3 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 42,842 10.2% | Coolidge 220,224 52.2% | Robert M. La Follette 150,727 · 35.8% Gilbert O. Nations 5,991 · 1.4% | 69,497 16.5 pts | R +7.3 since 1920 |
| 192010 | Rep Harding | Cox 84,29810 21.1% | Harding 223,13710 56.0% | Parley P. Christensen 77,246 · 19.4%10 Eugene V. Debs 8,913 · 2.2%10 | 138,839 34.8 pts | R +39.2 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 182,993 48.2% | Hughes 166,399 43.9% | Allan L. Benson 22,544 · 5.9% J. Frank Hanly 6,823 · 1.8% | 16,594 4.4 pts | R +0.7 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Prog Roosevelt | Wilson 86,840 26.9% | Taft 70,445 21.8% | Theodore Roosevelt 113,698 · 35.2% Eugene V. Debs 40,134 · 12.4% Eugene W. Chafin 9,810 · 3.0% | 26,858 8.3 pts | D +30.8 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft | Bryan 58,691 31.9% | Taft 106,062 57.7% | Eugene V. Debs 14,177 · 7.7% Eugene W. Chafin 4,700 · 2.6% | 47,371 25.8 pts | D +30.7 since 1904 |
| 190411 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 28,01511 21.8% | Roosevelt 100,69811 78.2% | None | 72,683 56.5 pts | R +44.7 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 44,833 41.7% | McKinley 57,456 53.4% | John G. Woolley 2,363 · 2.2% Eugene V. Debs 2,006 · 1.9% | 12,623 11.7 pts | R +25.1 since 1896 |
| 189612 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 51,55712 55.4% | McKinley 39,12412 42.0% | John M. Palmer 1,499 · 1.6%12 | 12,433 13.4 pts | D +20.9 since 1892 |
| 189213 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 29,80213 33.9% | Harrison 36,46013 41.4% | James B. Weaver 19,165 · 21.8%13 John Bidwell 2,542 · 2.9%13 | 6,658 7.6 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
- 2016 The source reports 107,805 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'.
- 1996 The source reports 62,696 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'.
- 1984 The MIT Election Lab file gives Walter Mondale 798,352 votes; the FEC's official results give 807,352. This site shows the FEC figure.
- 1984 The state total (1,883,910) is the FEC's official total; the MIT file's total is 1,874,910. 'Other candidates' is that total minus the figures shown.
- 1972 The official table notes: Others 2,644: footnote 3, 'People's Party.'
- 1968 The official table notes: Others 377: footnote 12, 'Free Ballot Party.'
- 1960 The official table notes: Others figure 1,401 marked footnote 6: 'Constitution Party.'
- 1952 The official table notes: Others: Christian Nationalist Party votes (footnote 3).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Socialist Labor, 667.
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1904 The official table notes: The table prints no Debs, Swallow, Corrigan or Watson figure for Washington ('...'), and the state total (128,713) equals Parker plus Roosevelt, so Washington's minor-party votes are missing from this page.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 84 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 . How these figures were compiled
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