The 2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. District of Columbia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the district neither gained nor lost a seat. Per the Constitution, the District of Columbia can not be apportioned more members of the Electoral College than the number apportioned to the state with the fewest.[1]
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As an extremely blue urban district with an African American plurality and higher educational attainment than every state, Democrats have faced no challenge to earning the District of Columbia's electoral votes in presidential elections since it was first granted its electoral college representation. Starting with Lyndon B. Johnson's victory in 1964, every Democratic nominee for president has won the District by massive margins, including the 49-state landslide defeats of George McGovern and Walter Mondale in 1972 and 1984. Thus, the district was expected to be a certain lock for Kamala Harris in 2024.[2]
Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden was running for re-election to a second term, and became the party's presumptive nominee, but withdrew from the race on July 21.[3][4] He then endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.[5] The Republican nominee was former president Donald Trump.[6]
On August 9, 2024, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign announced that they submitted 19,000 signatures to put Kennedy on the ballot in the District of Columbia.[7] This total is more than the votes George W. Bush received in 2000, John McCain received in 2008, and Donald Trump received in 2016 and 2020. Kennedy suspended his campaign on August 23, 2024, and endorsed Trump.[8]
Harris won the district overwhelmingly with 90.28% of the vote. The district was both Harris' strongest electoral jurisdiction and county-equivalent jurisdiction, voting more Democratic than all state counties in the United States.[9] Trump won 6.47% of the vote, his best performance in terms of percentage of votes cast in all three of his runs.
Primary elections
editRepublican primary
editThe District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on March 1–3, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
The District of Columbia was one of only two jurisdictions not to be won by Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries, the other being Vermont.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Nikki Haley | 1,274 | 62.76% | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Donald Trump | 676 | 33.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 38 | 1.87% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 18 | 0.89% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 15 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stuckenberg | 8 | 0.39% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 2,030 | 100.00% | 19 | 0 | 19 |
Democratic primary
editThe 2024 District of Columbia was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in South Dakota, New Mexico, New Jersey, Montana.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 80,240 | 86.90% | 16 | ||
| Write-in votes | 7,113 | 7.70% | |||
| Marianne Williamson | 3,958 | 4.29% | |||
| Armando Perez-Serrato | 1,030 | 1.12% | |||
| Total: | 92,341 | 100.0% | 20 | 32 | 52 |
Statehood Green primary
editThe D.C. Statehood Green Party primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana. No candidate appeared on the ballot.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scattered write-ins | 317 | 58.81% | 0 | ||
| Under votes | 222 | 41.19% | 0 | ||
| Total: | 539 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Source: District of Columbia: Board of Elections[13] | |||||
General election
editPredictions
edit| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report[14] | Solid D | December 19, 2023 |
| Inside Elections[15] | Solid D | April 26, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Safe D | June 29, 2023 |
| Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[17] | Safe D | December 14, 2023 |
| CNalysis[18] | Solid D | December 30, 2023 |
| CNN[19] | Solid D | January 14, 2024 |
| The Economist[20] | Safe D | June 12, 2024 |
| 538[21] | Solid D | June 11, 2024 |
| RCP[22] | Solid D | June 26, 2024 |
| NBC News[23] | Safe D | October 6, 2024 |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 294,185 | 90.28 | −1.87 | ||
| Republican | 21,076 | 6.47 | +1.07 | ||
| Independent |
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2,778 | 0.85 | ||
| Write-in | 7,830 | 2.40 | +1.49 | ||
| Total votes | 325,869 | 100 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "270toWin - 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270toWin.com. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
- ^ Levine, Sam; Gambino, Lauren (July 22, 2024). "Joe Biden withdraws from presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Gold, Michael; Nehamas, Nicholas (March 13, 2024). "Donald Trump and Joe Biden Clinch Their Party Nominations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Kennedy Officially on Ballot in Texas, Submits Ballot Access Signatures in D.C." Kennedy24. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "RFK Jr. suspends his presidential bid and backs Donald Trump before appearing with him at his rally". AP News. August 23, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "The DC GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Official Ballot". District of Columbia Republican Party. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "District of Columbia Republican Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ "District of Columbia Democratic Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Primary Election 2024 - Certified Results". District of Columbia: Board of Elections. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024 CPR Electoral College Ratings". cookpolitical.com. Cook Political Report. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Presidential Ratings". insideelections.com. Inside Elections. April 26, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Electoral College ratings". centerforpolitics.org. University of Virginia Center for Politics. June 29, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 presidential predictions". elections2024.thehill.com/. The Hill. December 14, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Presidential Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com/. CNalysis. December 30, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Electoral College map 2024: Road to 270". CNN. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "Trump v Biden: The Economist's presidential election prediction model". The Economist. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ Morris, G. Elliott (June 11, 2024). "2024 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 RCP Electoral College Map". RealClearPolitics. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ "Presidential Election Preview 2024". NBC News.
- ^ "2024 Elections". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved September 23, 2024.