2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

Main article: 2024 United States presidential election

2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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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 the District of Columbia 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. District of Columbia voters will choose 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 apportioned the fewest. ^[1]

As an urban area with an African American plurality, Democrats have faced almost no challenge to earn 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 is predicted to again be a very easy Democratic win in 2024. ^[2]

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for re-election to a second term. ^[3]

Primary elections

Republican primary

Main article: 2024 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary

The District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

District of Columbia Republican primary, March 1–3, 2024 ^[4]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Nikki Haley	1,279	62.85%	19	0	19
Donald Trump	676	33.22%	0	0	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	38	1.87%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	18	0.88%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	15	0.74%	0	0	0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Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	1	0.05%	0	0	0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:	2,035	100.00%	19	0	19

Democratic primary

Main article: 2024 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary

The 2024 Distric of Columbia will be held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in South Dakota, New Mexico, New Jersey, Montana.

Statehood Green primary

Main article: 2024 Green Party presidential primaries

The D.C. Statehood Green Party primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana. No candidate appeared on the ballot.

D.C. Statehood Green primary, June 4, 2024

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Scattered write-ins	272	57.63%	0
Blank ballots	200	42.37%	0
Total:	472	100.00%	5
Source: [5]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report [6]	Solid D	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections [7]	Solid D	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Solid D	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [9]	Safe D	December 14, 2023
CNalysis [10]	Solid D	December 30, 2023
CNN [11]	Solid D	January 14, 2024
The Economist [12]	Solid D	June 12, 2024
538 [13]	Solid D	June 11, 2024

See also

• United States presidential elections in District of Columbia
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Green Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections

References

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2. "270toWin - 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270toWin.com. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
3. Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
4. "The DC GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Official Ballot". District of Columbia Republican Party . Retrieved December 5, 2023.
5. "2024 Primary Election - June 4, 2024" . Retrieved June 5, 2024.
6. "2024 CPR Electoral College Ratings". cookpolitical.com. Cook Political Report. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
7. "Presidential Ratings". insideelections.com. Inside Elections. April 26, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
8. "2024 Electoral College ratings". centerforpolitics.org. University of Virginia Center for Politics. June 29, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
9. "2024 presidential predictions". elections2024.thehill.com/. The Hill. December 14, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
10. "2024 Presidential Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com/. CNalysis. December 30, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
11. "Electoral College map 2024: Road to 270". CNN . Retrieved January 14, 2024.
12. "Trump v Biden: The Economist's presidential election prediction model". The Economist . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
13. Morris, G. Elliott (June 11, 2024). "2024 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 11, 2024.