2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
TurnoutTBD
  Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait (cropped).jpg TrumpPortrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Kamala Harris Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state California Florida
Running mate Tim Walz JD Vance
Projected electoral vote30
Popular vote294,18521,076
Percentage90.28%6.47%

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Harris
  70–80%
  80–90%
  90–100%

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 participated. 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, 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]

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. [3] 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

Republican primary

The 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.

District of Columbia Republican primary, March 1–3, 2024 [4] [5]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Nikki Haley 1,27462.76%19019
Donald Trump 67633.30%000
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)381.87%000
Chris Christie (withdrawn)180.89%000
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)150.74%000
David Stuckenberg80.39%000
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)10.05%000
Total:2,030100.00%19019

Democratic primary

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

District of Columbia Democratic primary, June 4, 2024 [6]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)80,24086.90%16
Write-in votes 7,1137.70%
Marianne Williamson 3,9584.29%
Armando Perez-Serrato1,0301.12%
Total:92,341100.0%203252

Statehood Green primary

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
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Scattered write-ins 31758.81%0
Under votes 22241.19%0
Total:539100.00%5
Source: District of Columbia: Board of Elections [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [8] Solid DDecember 19, 2023
Inside Elections [9] Solid DApril 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Safe DJune 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [11] Safe DDecember 14, 2023
CNalysis [12] Solid DDecember 30, 2023
CNN [13] Solid DJanuary 14, 2024
The Economist [14] Safe DJune 12, 2024
538 [15] Solid DJune 11, 2024
RCP [16] Solid DJune 26, 2024
NBC News [17] Safe DOctober 6, 2024

Results

2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic 294,18590.28−1.87
Republican 21,0766.47+1.07
Independent
2,7780.85
Write-in 7,8302.40+1.49
Total votes325,869 100

Results by Ward

2024 United States Presidential Election in the District of Columbia (By Ward) [19]
WardKamala Harris

Democratic

Donald Trump

Republican

Other Candidates

Various Parties

MarginTotal Votes Cast
#%#%#%#%
Ward 136,88291.15%2,0565.08%1,5253.77%34,82686.07%40,463
Ward 233,57188.44%2,9827.86%1,4063.70%30,58980.58%37,959
Ward 339,52188.64%3,5447.95%1,5193.41%35,97780.69%44,584
Ward 438,62891.10%2,5115.92%1,2642.98%36,11785.18%42,403
Ward 541,41391.80%2,3095.12%1,3923.09%39,10486.68%45,114
Ward 643,26288.87%3,6387.47%1,7783.65%39,62481.40%48,678
Ward 733,97291.72%2,0925.65%9732.63%31,88086.07%37,037
Ward 826,93690.90%1,9446.56%7512.53%24,99284.34%29,631
Total294,18590.28%21,0766.47%10,6083.25%273,10983.81%325,869

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