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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Washington, D.C., ordered by year. Since the adoption of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961, Washington, D.C. has had three electoral votes in the election of the President and Vice President of the United States, and has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Washington, D.C., has voted for the candidate of the Democratic party in every presidential election.

Winners of the district are in bold.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD —
2016[1] Donald Trump[b] 12,723 4.09 Hillary Clinton 282,830 90.86 - 3
2012[2] Barack Obama 267,070 90.91 Mitt Romney 21,381 7.28 - - - 3
2008[3] Barack Obama 245,800 92.46 John McCain 17,367 6.53 - - - 3
2004 George W. Bush 21,256 9.34 John Kerry 202,970 89.18 - - - 3
2000 George W. Bush[b] 18,073 8.95 Al Gore 171,923 85.16 - - - 2 electoral vote split: 2 to Gore, 1 faithless elector from the D.C. abstained from voting
1996 Bill Clinton 158,220 85.19 Bob Dole 17,339 9.34 Ross Perot 3,611 1.94 3
1992 Bill Clinton 192,619 84.64 George H. W. Bush 20,698 9.10 Ross Perot 9,681 4.25 3
1988 George H. W. Bush 27,590 14.30 Michael Dukakis 159,407 82.65 - - - 3
1984 Ronald Reagan 29,009 13.73 Walter Mondale 180,408 85.38 - - - 3
1980 Ronald Reagan 23,313 13.41 Jimmy Carter 130,231 74.89 John B. Anderson 16,131 9.28 3
1976 Jimmy Carter 137,818 81.63 Gerald Ford 27,873 16.51 - - - 3
1972 Richard Nixon 35,226 21.56 George McGovern 127,627 78.10 - - - 3
1968 Richard Nixon 31,012 18.18 Hubert Humphrey 139,566 81.82 - - - 3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 169,796 85.50 Barry Goldwater 28,801 14.50 - - - 3

Notes

  1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. ^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote

Citations

  1. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  2. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
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