Presidential Voting History of District of Columbia (Since 1960)

The Electoral Voting history of the great state of District of Columbia

Democrat control of D.C. is apparent as the District of Colombia has gone to the party since 1964. Republicans have never mounted a challenge to this Blue Bastion and recent history suggests the District will stay the course, continuing to gift Democrats its three Electoral Votes every four years. By doing so, the District has picked the winner only 44% of the time.

All data is from 1964 to the present day (covering what we term to be the 'Modern Voter') and focuses solely on the Democratic and Republican party results during that span.

Trending

Reliably
Democrat

Picking the Winner*

43.8%
(Correct in 7 of 16 elections since 1960)

Electoral Power

(Influenced by U.S. Census data)

Democrat Victories

15
(100.0%)

(D) Average Result

94.3%
(Last Three Elections)

(D) Strength Trending**

UP
(Last Three Elections)

(D) Votes Net Gain

23,841
(Avg Last 3 Elections)

Republican Victories

0
(0.0%)

(R) Average Result

5.7%
(Last Three Elections)

(R) Strength Trending**

STABLE
(Last Three Elections)

(R) Votes Net Gain

406
(Avg Last 3 Elections)

3rd Pty Victories

0
(0.0%)

* The states with the highest success rates selecting U.S. President are Ohio and Nevada, the pair having picked the winning candidate in 14 of the last 16 (87.5%) national elections since 1960. Those states / districts (such as Washington, D.C.) voting strictly along party lines will generally have a poorer success rate.
** Strength Trending is not a measure of total number votes available to any one party in a given state but rather overarching trending patterns observed within the last three presidential election cycles.

Average Votes

289,074

17,563

Dem +/- 30,744 :: Rep +/- 4,014

1964 - District of Columbia

(D) +69,797 | (R) -71,198

D: 169,796

R: 28,801

✓ Johnson (D) vs Goldwater (R)

1964 Pop: 756,316 (Diff: -7,640)

D+R Votes: 198,597 (26.3% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +140,995

D: 85.5% | R: 14.5%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1964 Electoral Coverage

1968 - District of Columbia

(D) -30,230 | (R) +2,211

D: 139,566

R: 31,012

Humphrey (D) vs Nixon (R) ✓

1968 Pop: 748,753 (Diff: -7,563)

D+R Votes: 170,578 (22.8% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +108,554

D: 81.8% | R: 18.2%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1968 Electoral Coverage

1972 - District of Columbia

(D) -11,939 | (R) +4,214

D: 127,627

R: 35,226

McGovern (D) vs Nixon (R) ✓

1972 Pop: 756,510 (Diff: 7,757)

D+R Votes: 162,853 (21.5% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +92,401

D: 78.4% | R: 21.6%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1972 Electoral Coverage

1976 - District of Columbia

(D) +10,191 | (R) -7,353

D: 137,818

R: 27,873

✓ Carter (D) vs Ford (R)

1976 Pop: 740,466 (Diff: -16,044)

D+R Votes: 165,691 (22.4% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +109,945

D: 83.2% | R: 16.8%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1976 Electoral Coverage

1980 - District of Columbia

(D) -7,587 | (R) -4,560

D: 130,231

R: 23,313

Carter (D) vs Reagan (R) ✓

1980 Pop: 638,333 (Diff: -102,133)

D+R Votes: 153,544 (24.1% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +106,918

D: 84.8% | R: 15.2%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1980 Electoral Coverage

1984 - District of Columbia

(D) +50,177 | (R) +5,696

D: 180,408

R: 29,009

Mondale (D) vs Reagan (R) ✓

1984 Pop: 606,416 (Diff: -31,917)

D+R Votes: 209,417 (34.5% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +151,399

D: 86.1% | R: 13.9%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1984 Electoral Coverage

1988 - District of Columbia

(D) -21,001 | (R) -1,419

D: 159,407

R: 27,590

Dukakis (D) vs H.W.Bush (R) ✓

1988 Pop: 576,095 (Diff: -30,321)

D+R Votes: 186,997 (32.5% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +131,817

D: 85.2% | R: 14.8%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1988 Electoral Coverage

1992 - District of Columbia

(D) +33,212 | (R) -6,892

D: 192,619

R: 20,698

✓ B.Clinton (D) vs H.W.Bush (R)

1992 Pop: 547,290 (Diff: -28,805)

D+R Votes: 213,317 (39.0% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +171,921

D: 90.3% | R: 9.7%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1992 Electoral Coverage

1996 - District of Columbia

(D) -34,399 | (R) -3,359

D: 158,220

R: 17,339

✓ B.Clinton (D) vs Dole (R)

1996 Pop: 543,000 (Diff: -4,290)

D+R Votes: 175,559 (32.3% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +140,881

D: 90.1% | R: 9.9%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

1996 Electoral Coverage

2000 - District of Columbia

(D) +13,703 | (R) +734

D: 171,923

R: 18,073

Gore (D) vs W.Bush (R) ✓

2000 Pop: 572,059 (Diff: 29,059)

D+R Votes: 189,996 (33.2% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +153,850

D: 90.5% | R: 9.5%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2000 Electoral Coverage

2004 - District of Columbia

(D) +31,047 | (R) +3,183

D: 202,970

R: 21,256

Kerry (D) vs W.Bush (R) ✓

2004 Pop: 589,220 (Diff: 17,161)

D+R Votes: 224,226 (38.1% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +181,714

D: 90.5% | R: 9.5%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2004 Electoral Coverage

2008 - District of Columbia

(D) +42,830 | (R) -3,889

D: 245,800

R: 17,367

✓ Obama (D) vs McCain (R)

2008 Pop: 606,897 (Diff: 17,677)

D+R Votes: 263,167 (43.4% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +228,433

D: 93.4% | R: 6.6%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2008 Electoral Coverage

2012 - District of Columbia

(D) +21,270 | (R) +4,014

D: 267,070

R: 21,381

✓ Obama (D) vs Romney (R)

2012 Pop: 635,737 (Diff: 28,840)

D+R Votes: 288,451 (45.4% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +245,689

D: 92.6% | R: 7.4%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2012 Electoral Coverage

2016 - District of Columbia

(D) +15,760 | (R) -8,658

D: 282,830

R: 12,723

H.Clinton (D) vs Trump (R) ✓

2016 Pop: 687,576 (Diff: 51,839)

D+R Votes: 295,553 (43.0% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +270,107

D: 95.7% | R: 4.3%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2016 Electoral Coverage

2020 - District of Columbia

(D) +34,493 | (R) +5,863

D: 317,323

R: 18,586

✓ Biden (D) vs Trump (R)

2020 Pop: 712,816 (Diff: 25,240)

D+R Votes: 335,909 (47.1% of Pop)

Margin of Victory: +298,737

D: 94.5% | R: 5.5%

EC Votes (ECVs): 3

1.1% of 270 ECVs needed to win.

0.6% of 538 overall available ECVs.

2020 Electoral Coverage

NOTES:
1) 3rd Party votes / victories are not taken into account as the sole focus of this site is on the Democratic and Republican parties.
2) Pop = Population; These figures are derived from publicly available census figures.
3) D = Democrat/Democratic; R = Republican.
4) D+R Votes = total number of Democratic and Republican votes cast in the presidential election for that year.
5) EC = Electoral College; ECVs = Electoral College Votes.

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