United States presidential elections in Washington, D.C.

Presidential elections in Washington, D.C.

No. 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. As of 2017, in every Presidential Election, Washington D.C. has voted for the candidate of the Democrat party.

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	12,723	4.1	Hillary Clinton	282,830	90.5	Gary Johnson	4,906	1.6	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	-	-	-	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.

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