# 2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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The 2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. District of Columbia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the district neither gained nor lost a seat. Per the Constitution, the District of Columbia can not be apportioned more members of the Electoral College than the number apportioned to the state with the fewest.
As an extremely blue urban district with an African American plurality, Democrats have faced no challenge to earning the District of Columbia's electoral votes in presidential elections since it was first granted its electoral college representation. Starting with Lyndon B. Johnson's victory in 1964, every Democratic nominee for president has won the District by massive margins, including the 49-state landslide defeats of George McGovern and Walter Mondale in 1972 and 1984. Thus, the district was expected to be a certain lock for Kamala Harris in 2024.
Harris won the district overwhelmingly with 79.54% of the vote. However, her performance was the worst for a Democratic nominee since Carter in 1980. Trump won 17.21% of the vote, his best performance in terms of percentage of votes cast in all three of his runs and more than three times his score in 2020, his performance was the best for a Republican nominee since Nixon's 21% in 1972.

## Primary elections
### Republican primary

The District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on March 1–3, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
The District of Columbia was one of only two jurisdictions not to be won by Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries, the other being Vermont.
District of Columbia Republican primary, March 1–3, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Bound | Unbound | Total |
| Nikki Haley | 1,274 | 62.76% | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Donald Trump | 676 | 33.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 38 | 1.87% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 18 | 0.89% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 15 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stuckenberg | 8 | 0.39% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 2,030 | 100.00% | 19 | 0 | 19 |

### Democratic primary

The 2024 District of Columbia was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in South Dakota, New Mexico, New Jersey, Montana.
District of Columbia Democratic primary, June 4, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 80,240 | 86.90% | 16 | | |
| Write-in votes | 7,113 | 7.70% | | | |
| Marianne Williamson | 3,958 | 4.29% | | | |
| Armando Perez-Serrato | 1,030 | 1.12% | | | |
| Total: | 92,341 | 100.0% | 20 | 32 | 52 |

### Statehood Green primary

The D.C. Statehood Green Party primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana. No candidate appeared on the ballot.
D.C. Statehood Green primary, June 4, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
| Scattered write-ins | 317 | 58.81% | 0 |
| Under votes | 222 | 41.19% | 0 |
| Total: | 539 | 100.00% | 5 |
| Source: District of Columbia: Board of Elections ||||

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Cook Political Report | Solid D | December 19, 2023 |
| Inside Elections | Solid D | April 26, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | June 29, 2023 |
| Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | Safe D | December 14, 2023 |
| CNalysis | Solid D | December 30, 2023 |
| CNN | Solid D | January 14, 2024 |
| The Economist | Safe D | June 12, 2024 |
| 538 | Solid D | June 11, 2024 |
| RCP | Solid D | June 26, 2024 |
| NBC News | Safe D | October 6, 2024 |

### Results

2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Kamala HarrisTim Walz | 294,185 | 90.28 | −1.87 |
| | Republican | Donald TrumpJD Vance | 21,076 | 6.47 | +1.07 |
| | Independent | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (withdrawn)Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn) | 2,778 | 0.85 | |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7,830 | 2.40 | +1.49 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 325,869 | 100 | |

### Results by Ward

| Ward | Kamala Harris Democratic | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Various Candidates Other Parties | Various Candidates Other Parties | Margin | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
| Ward | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total Votes Cast |
| Ward 1 | 36,882 | 91.15% | 2,056 | 5.08% | 1,525 | 3.77% | 34,826 | 86.07% | 40,463 |
| Ward 2 | 33,571 | 88.44% | 2,982 | 7.86% | 1,406 | 3.70% | 30,589 | 80.58% | 37,959 |
| Ward 3 | 39,521 | 88.64% | 3,544 | 7.95% | 1,519 | 3.41% | 35,977 | 80.69% | 44,584 |
| Ward 4 | 38,628 | 91.10% | 2,511 | 5.92% | 1,264 | 2.98% | 36,117 | 85.18% | 42,403 |
| Ward 5 | 41,413 | 91.80% | 2,309 | 5.12% | 1,392 | 3.09% | 39,104 | 86.68% | 45,114 |
| Ward 6 | 43,262 | 88.87% | 3,638 | 7.47% | 1,778 | 3.65% | 39,624 | 81.40% | 48,678 |
| Ward 7 | 33,972 | 91.72% | 2,092 | 5.65% | 973 | 2.63% | 31,880 | 86.07% | 37,037 |
| Ward 8 | 26,936 | 90.90% | 1,944 | 6.56% | 751 | 2.53% | 24,992 | 84.34% | 29,631 |
| Total | 294,185 | 90.28% | 21,076 | 6.47% | 10,608 | 3.25% | 273,109 | 83.81% | 325,869 |