2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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Turnout	66.9% [1]
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 317,323 18,586 Percentage 92.15% 5.40%
Ward results Precinct results Biden   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% The District of Columbia participated in the 2020 United States presidential election with the other 50 states on Tuesday, November 3. [2] District of Columbia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes in the Electoral College. [3] Prior to the election, Biden was considered to be all but certain to win D.C. The nation's capital is overwhelmingly Democratic and has voted for the Democratic nominee by massive margins in every presidential election it has participated in, ever since it was first granted electors by the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment in 1961. Biden's 86.75-point margin of victory was virtually identical to that secured by Hillary Clinton in 2016. [4] Nevertheless, the District shifted by 0.02% to the right compared with the previous election, likely due to a decline in third-party voting, making Biden the first non-incumbent Democrat since 1988 to win D.C. by a smaller margin than in the previous cycle. Along with six states, [a] it was one of seven jurisdictions where Trump improved on his 2016 margins. Primary elections The District of Columbia held primary elections on June 2, 2020. Republican primary Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of the district's 19 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention. [5] Democratic primary This section is an excerpt from 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary § Results.[ edit ] Popular vote share by ward   Biden—60–70%   Biden—70–80%   Biden—80–90% Popular vote share by precinct   Biden—50–60%   Biden—60–70%   Biden—70–80%   Biden—80–90%   Biden—>90% 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary [6] Candidate Votes  % Delegates [7] [8] Joe Biden 84,093 75.97 19 Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 14,228 12.85 1 Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) 11,116 10.04 Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 442 0.40 Write-in votes 809 0.73 Total 110,688 100% 20 General election Final predictions Source Ranking The Cook Political Report [9] Solid D Inside Elections [10] Solid D Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe D Politico [12] Solid D RCP [13] Solid D Niskanen [14] Safe D CNN [15] Solid D The Economist [16] Safe D CBS News [17] Likely D 270towin [18] Safe D ABC News [19] Solid D NPR [20] Likely D NBC News [21] Solid D 538 [22] Solid D Polling Aggregate polls Source of poll aggregation Dates administered Dates updated Joe Biden Democratic Donald Trump Republican Other/ Undecided [b] Margin FiveThirtyEight [23] until November 2, 2020 November 3, 2020 90.8% 5.8% 3.4% Biden +85.0 Polls Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [c] Margin of error Donald Trump Republican Joe Biden Democratic Jo Jorgensen Libertarian Howie Hawkins Green Other Undecided SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 495 (LV) ± 6% 5% [d] 94% – – – – SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Oct 1–28, 2020 969 (LV) – 9% 89% – – – – SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Sep 1–30, 2020 343 (LV) – 12% 86% – – – 2% SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Aug 1–31, 2020 252 (LV) – 16% 83% – – – 2% SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Jul 1–31, 2020 290 (LV) – 8% 91% – – – 1% SurveyMonkey/Axios [24] Jun 8–30, 2020 151 (LV) – 11% 87% – – – 3% Results 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia [1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Joe Biden Kamala Harris 317,323 92.15 +1.29 Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 18,586 5.40 +1.31 Write-in 3,137 0.91 –1.19 Libertarian Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen 2,036 0.59 –0.99 Green Howie Hawkins Angela Walker 1,726 0.50 –0.87 Independent Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman 855 0.25 +0.25 Independent Brock Pierce Karla Ballard 693 0.20 +0.20 Total votes 344,356 100.00 +1.60 By ward Ward [25] Biden Biden % Trump Trump % Others Others % Total Ward 1 39,041 93.7% 1,725 4.1% 298 0.7% 41,064 Ward 2 29,078 88.4% 2,918 8.9% 370 1.1% 32,366 Ward 3 39,397 89.1% 3,705 8.4% 491 1.1% 43,593 Ward 4 42,489 93.8% 1,913 4.2% 308 0.7% 44,710 Ward 5 43,320 94.0% 1,769 3.8% 323 0.7% 45,412 Ward 6 56,719 90.1% 4,337 6.9% 857 1.4% 61,913 Ward 7 36,382 94.8% 1,134 3.0% 270 0.7% 37,786 Ward 8 30,897 94.0% 1,085 3.3% 220 0.7% 32,202 Notes Those states were Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size See also United States presidential elections in the District of Columbia 2020 District of Columbia elections 2020 United States elections 2020 United States presidential election 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries References "General Election 2020 - Certified Results". D.C. Board of Elections. Kelly, Ben (August 13, 2018). "US elections key dates: When are the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential campaign?" . The Independent . Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration . September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2020. 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Best, Ryan; Bycoffe, Aaron; King, Ritchie; Mehta, Dhrumil; Wiederkehr, Anna (June 28, 2018). "District of Columbia : President: general election Polls". FiveThirtyEight. "Candidate preference". www.tableau.com. "District of Columbia presidential election results 2020: Live results and polls". NBC News . Further reading Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors (PDF), Washington, D.C.: National Association of Secretaries of State, August 2020, DC External links Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "District of Columbia (D.C.)", Voting & Elections Toolkits "District of Columbia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org , Oakland, CA "League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia". (Affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters) Washington, D.C. at Ballotpedia "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020 This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.