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The American Political Almanac
RECONSTRUCTION & THE GILDED AGETHE SYSTEM OF 1896THE NEW DEAL ORDERTHE LONG REALIGNMENTPOLARIZED ERA1868RRRRD1888RDRRR1908RDDRR1928RDDDD1948DRRDD1968RRDRR1988RDDRR2008DDRD2024R

State record · DC

District of Columbia

3 electoral votes in 20241 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+60·1868·····1888·····1908·····1928·····1948···1964: D+71.0 two-party · 198,597 votes1968: D+63.6 two-party · 170,578 votes19681972: D+56.7 two-party · 163,421 votes1976: D+66.4 two-party · 168,830 votes · 3 EV1980: D+69.6 two-party · 173,889 votes · 3 EV1984: D+72.3 two-party · 211,288 votes · 3 EV1988: D+70.5 two-party · 192,877 votes · 3 EV19881992: D+80.6 two-party · 227,572 votes · 3 EV1996: D+80.2 two-party · 185,726 votes · 3 EV2000: D+81.0 two-party · 201,894 votes · 3 EV2004: D+81.0 two-party · 227,586 votes · 3 EV2008: D+86.8 two-party · 265,853 votes · 3 EV20082012: D+85.2 two-party · 293,764 votes · 3 EV2016: D+91.4 two-party · 312,575 votes · 3 EV2020: D+88.9 two-party · 344,356 votes · 3 EV2024: D+86.6 two-party · 325,869 votes · 3 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%