United States presidential elections in Washington, D.C.

Presidential elections in Washington, D.C.

Number of elections	14
Voted Democrat	14
Voted Republican	0
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	6
Voted for losing candidate	8

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Washington, D.C., ordered by year. Since the adoption of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961, Washington, D.C. has had three electoral votes in the election of the President and Vice President of the United States, and has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the district are in bold.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2016	Donald Trump	?	?	Hillary Clinton	?	?	-	-	?	3
2012	Barack Obama	267,070	90.91	Mitt Romney	21,381	7.28	-	-	-	3
2008	Barack Obama	245,800	92.46	John McCain	17,367	6.53	-	-	-	3
2004	George W. Bush	21,256	9.34	John Kerry	202,970	89.18	-	-	-	3
2000	George W. Bush	18,073	8.95	Al Gore	171,923	85.16	-	-	-	3	electoral vote split: 2 to Gore, 1 faithless elector from the D.C. abstained from voting
1996	Bill Clinton	158,220	85.19	Bob Dole	17,339	9.34	Ross Perot	3,611	1.94	3
1992	Bill Clinton	192,619	84.64	George H. W. Bush	20,698	9.10	Ross Perot	9,681	4.25	3
1988	George H. W. Bush	27,590	14.30	Michael Dukakis	159,407	82.65	-	-	-	3
1984	Ronald Reagan	29,009	13.73	Walter Mondale	180,408	85.38	-	-	-	3
1980	Ronald Reagan	23,313	13.41	Jimmy Carter	130,231	74.89	John B. Anderson	16,131	9.28	3
1976	Jimmy Carter	137,818	81.63	Gerald Ford	27,873	16.51	-	-	-	3
1972	Richard Nixon	35,226	21.56	George McGovern	127,627	78.10	-	-	-	3
1968	Richard Nixon	31,012	18.18	Hubert Humphrey	139,566	81.82	George Wallace	60,813	7.50	3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	169,796	85.50	Barry Goldwater	28,801	14.50	-	-	-	3

Notes

↑ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.

United States presidential elections

Elections by year	1788–89 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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Primaries and caucuses	Iowa caucuses New Hampshire primary South Carolina primary Super Tuesday

Nominating conventions	Brokered convention Convention bounce Superdelegate

Electoral College and Popular vote	Elections in which the winner lost the popular vote Electoral College margins Electoral College results by state Electoral vote changes between elections Electoral vote recipients Faithless elector Popular vote margins Unpledged elector Voter turnout

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