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State record · WA

Washington

12 electoral votes in 202439 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·····18881892: R+10.1 two-party · 87,999 votes1896: D+15.3 two-party · 93,583 votes1900: R+12.3 two-party · 102,289 votes1904: R+56.7 two-party · 145,151 votes1908: R+29.0 two-party · 183,570 votes19081912: D+10.4 two-party · 322,799 votes1916: D+4.6 two-party · 380,994 votes1920: R+45.2 two-party · 398,705 votes1924: R+67.4 two-party · 421,502 votes1928: R+36.3 two-party · 500,041 votes19281932: D+25.7 two-party · 614,801 votes1936: D+37.9 two-party · 692,331 votes1940: D+17.9 two-party · 793,833 votes1944: D+14.7 two-party · 856,328 votes1948: D+10.4 two-party · 905,058 votes19481952: R+9.7 two-party · 1,102,708 votes1956: R+8.5 two-party · 1,150,889 votes1960: R+2.4 two-party · 1,241,572 votes1964: D+24.7 two-party · 1,258,374 votes1968: D+2.0 two-party · 1,316,803 votes19681972: R+19.1 two-party · 1,470,847 votes1976: R+4.0 two-party · 1,555,534 votes · 9 EV1980: R+14.2 two-party · 1,742,394 votes · 9 EV1984: R+13.7 two-party · 1,874,910 votes · 10 EV1988: D+1.6 two-party · 1,865,253 votes · 10 EV19881992: D+15.2 two-party · 2,287,565 votes · 11 EV1996: D+14.4 two-party · 2,253,837 votes · 11 EV2000: D+5.9 two-party · 2,487,433 votes · 11 EV2004: D+7.3 two-party · 2,859,084 votes · 11 EV2008: D+17.5 two-party · 3,036,878 votes · 11 EV20082012: D+15.3 two-party · 3,125,516 votes · 12 EV2016: D+17.6 two-party · 3,317,019 votes · 12 EV2020: D+19.9 two-party · 4,087,631 votes · 12 EV2024: D+18.9 two-party · 3,924,243 votes · 12 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%
AdamsR+44.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AsotinR+26.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BentonR+22.5
30 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChelanR+9.7
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClallamD+8.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ClarkD+7.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ColumbiaR+44.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CowlitzR+20.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DouglasR+27.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FerryR+34.0
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FranklinR+23.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GarfieldR+49.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrantR+38.5
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Grays HarborR+6.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
IslandD+17.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
JeffersonD+46.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
KingD+53.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
KitsapD+21.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
KittitasR+15.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KlickitatR+9.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LewisR+34.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+51.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MasonR+2.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OkanoganR+15.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PacificR+1.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Pend OreilleR+40.6
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PierceD+11.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
San JuanD+53.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SkagitD+9.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SkamaniaR+11.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SnohomishD+19.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SpokaneR+5.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
StevensR+45.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ThurstonD+21.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
WahkiakumR+18.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Walla WallaR+8.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WhatcomD+25.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
WhitmanD+9.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
YakimaR+14.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican