District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Since its first presidential vote in 1964, the District has never supported a GOP presidential candidate. Only one Republican presidential candidate has ever won more than 20% of DC’s vote — Richard Nixon in 1972, with 21.56%. The worst Democratic showing in DC was Jimmy Carter’s 74.82% in 1980. See 2020 primary results

District of Columbia
Candidate%Votes
Full Presidential Results:

PAST RESULTS

2016 Dist. of Columbia president
Candidate%Votes
Clinton
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92.8%
282,830
Trump
4.2%
12,723
Johnson
1.6%
4,906
Stein
1.4%
4,258

Notes

  • All times ET.
  • Not all candidates are listed.
  • CNN will broadcast a projected winner only after an extensive review of data from a number of sources.
  • "Flipped seat" denotes a race where the 2020 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent.
  • Both Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two congressional districts. In Nebraska, two of five electoral votes go to the winner of the statewide vote. One electoral vote goes to the winner in each of Nebraska's three congressional districts.