2024 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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2024 United States presidential election in Washington

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Nominee Joe Biden (presumptive) Donald Trump (presumptive) Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris (presumptive) TBA

Incumbent President Joe Biden Democratic

The 2024 United States presidential election in Washington is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Washington voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term. ^[2]

Although Washington was a Republican-leaning swing state until the 1980s, Democrats have won Washington in every presidential election starting in 1988 and have consistently done so by double digits since 2008. Washington is part of the Democratic-leaning West Coast, and is predicted to go comfortably to Joe Biden in 2024.

Primary election

Republican primary

Main article: 2024 Washington Republican presidential primary

The Washington Republican primary is scheduled to be held on March 12, 2024, alongside primaries in Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, and Missouri.

Washington Republican primary, March 12, 2024

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	601,070	76.43%	43	0	43
Nikki Haley (withdrawn)	151,485	19.26%	0	0	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	17,870	2.27%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	8,702	1.11%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	7,318	0.93%	0	0	0
Total:	786,445	100.00%	43	0	43
Source: [3]

Democratic primary

Main article: 2024 Washington Democratic presidential primary

The Washington Democratic primary took place on March 12, 2024, alongside primaries in Democrats Abroad, Northern Marianas, Mississippi, and Georgia.

Washington Democratic primary, March 12, 2024

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	763,739	83.5%	90
Uncommitted delegates	89,764	9.8%	2
Marianne Williamson	25,308	2.8%	0
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)	25,190	2.8%	0
Write-in votes	10,966	1.2%	0
Total:	914,967	100.0%	92	19	111
Source: [4]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report [5]	Solid D	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections [6]	Solid D	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7]	Solid D	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [8]	Safe D	December 14, 2023
CNalysis [9]	Solid D	December 30, 2023
CNN [10]	Solid D	January 14, 2024
The Economist [11]	Likely D	June 12, 2024
538 [12]	Likely D	June 11, 2024

Polling

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other / Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1]	May 15–16, 2024	615 (LV)	± 4.0%	55%	39%	6%
The Independent Center	April 16–23, 2024	250 (RV)	± 6.2%	45%	46%	9%
Echelon Insights [upper-alpha 2]	March 18–21, 2024	600 (RV)	± 4.7%	48%	37%	15%
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1]	February 13–14, 2024	797 (LV)	± 3.5%	54%	38%	8%
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1]	November 14–15, 2023	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	52%	38%	10%
Crosscut/Elway	October 30 – November 3, 2023	403 (RV)	± 5.0%	39%	29%	31% [lower-alpha 2]
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1]	June 7–8, 2023	773 (LV)	± 3.5%	53%	36%	11%
Emerson College	September 30 – October 1, 2022	782 (LV)	± 3.4%	49%	39%	12%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)	August 15–17, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	54%	41%	6%

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Cornel West Independent	Other / Undecided
Crosscut/Elway	October 30 – November 3, 2023	403 (RV)	± 5.0%	37%	25%	9%	3%	26% [lower-alpha 3]

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Other / Undecided
Cascade PBS/Elway Research	May 13–16, 2024	403 (RV)	± 5.0%	42%	34%	3%	1%	0%	17%
The Independent Center	April 16–23, 2024	250 (RV)	± 6.2%	35%	40%	13%	1%	4%	8%

Hypothetical polling

Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Ron DeSantis Republican	Other / Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1]	June 7–8, 2023	773 (LV)	± 3.5%	51%	39%	10%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Washington (state)
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Someone else" with 22%; "Undecided" with 8%; "I would not vote" with 1%
3. "Undecided" with 14%; "Someone else" with 11%; "I would not vote" with 2%

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute
2. Poll sponsored by Concerned Taxpayers of Washington State PAC

References

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