2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 2020 United States presidential election in Washington was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] Washington voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]

2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

November 3, 2020
Turnout75.2% (of eligible voters)[1]
 
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 2,369,612 1,584,651
Percentage 57.97% 38.77%

County Results

President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

Biden won the state by almost 20 points, the largest winning margin for a presidential candidate of any party since 1964. He also flipped the swing county of Clallam, which now holds the record for having voted for the winning presidential candidate since 1980.[4]

The Seattle area, home to almost two-thirds of the state's population, is overwhelmingly Democratic. However, Trump won a considerable majority in outlying communities, garnering over 70% of the vote in rural counties such as Columbia. Eastern Washington is very rural and leans Republican, partly due to the strong tinge of social conservatism it shares with neighboring Idaho, a GOP stronghold. That said, Biden was able to improve on Clinton's margin in Whitman County--anchored by the college town of Pullman--increasing it from 4.1% in 2016 to 10.2% in 2020, the best performance for a Democrat in the county since 1936. In addition, he narrowed Trump's margin in Spokane County from 8.4% to 4.3%.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength in Washington came from 59% among progressive white voters and 79% among Asian-Americans. 34% of voters were secular and supported Biden by 78%.[5] Biden also became the first Democrat since Washington's admission into the union to win the presidency without winning Mason County, and the first since Woodrow Wilson to prevail without winning Grays Harbor County and Pacific County.

Primary elections

The primaries for the major parties were on March 10, 2020. On March 14, 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill moving the state's presidential primary up from May to the second Tuesday in March.[6]

Republican primary

Donald Trump, Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Rocky de la Fuente had declared their candidacy for the Republican Party, but only Trump met all of the state party's criteria by the official deadline of January 21, 2020 for being included on the ballot.[7] Thus Trump essentially ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus he received all of Washington's 43 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[8]

2020 Washington Republican primary[9]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[10]
Donald Trump 684,239 98.41 43
Write-ins 11,036 1.59 0
Total 695,275 100% 43

Democratic primary

A number of Democratic Party candidates ran or expressed interest in running.[11][12][13] Additionally, Seattle-based billionaire Howard Schultz announced a potential bid as an independent in early 2019, but backed out in September of that year.[14] The party's candidates included on the ballot at the deadline were Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.[7]

Popular vote share by county
2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary[15]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[16]
Joe Biden 591,403 37.94 46
Bernie Sanders 570,039 36.57 43
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn†) 142,652 9.15
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn†) 122,530 7.86
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†) 63,344 4.06
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†) 33,383 2.14
Tulsi Gabbard 13,199 0.85
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 6,403 0.41
Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) 3,455 0.22
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 2,044 0.13
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 1,314 0.08
John Delaney (withdrawn) 573 0.04
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 508 0.03
Uncommitted 6,450 0.41
Total write-ins 1,479 0.09
Total 1,558,776 100% 89
†Candidate withdrew after the start of mail-in voting.

Green primary

As a minor party, Washington State's Green Party affiliate is excluded from the publicly funded Presidential Primary in Washington State. The Green Party of Washington facilitated its primary by a mail-in ballot to its members after its Spring Convention on May 23.[17] (deadline was June 13).

All candidates recognized by the Green Party of the United States by April 23 were on the ballot, plus a write-in option:

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid D November 3, 2020
Inside Elections[19] Solid D November 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D November 3, 2020
Politico[21] Solid D November 3, 2020
RCP[22] Likely D November 3, 2020
Niskanen[23] Safe D November 3, 2020
CNN[24] Solid D November 3, 2020
The Economist[25] Safe D November 3, 2020
CBS News[26] Likely D November 3, 2020
270towin[27] Safe D November 3, 2020
ABC News[28] Solid D November 3, 2020
NPR[29] Likely D November 3, 2020
NBC News[30] Solid D November 3, 2020
538[31] Solid D November 3, 2020

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Donald
Trump

Republican
Other/
Undecided
[lower-alpha 1]
Margin
270 to Win October 8–15, 2020 October 27, 2020 57.5% 35.5% 7.0% Biden +22.0
FiveThirtyEight until October 25, 2020 October 27, 2020 58.8% 35.5% 5.7% Biden +23.3
Average 58.2% 35.5% 6.3% Biden +22.7

Polls

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump

Republican
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Jo
Jorgensen

Libertarian
Howie
Hawkins

Green
Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 4,142 (LV) ± 2% 35%[lower-alpha 3] 62% - -
Swayable Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020 489 (LV) ± 6% 39% 59% 2% 1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 2020 7,424 (LV) 36% 62% - -
PPP/NPI Oct 14–15, 2020 610 (LV) ± 4% 37% 60% - - 2%
SurveyUSA/KING-TV Oct 8–10, 2020 591 (LV) ± 5.2% 34% 55% - - 5%[lower-alpha 4] 5%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 2020 7,953 (LV) 35% 64% - - 2%
Strategies 360 Sep 8–14, 2020 501 (RV) ± 4.4% 36% 58% - - 7%[lower-alpha 5]
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 2020 7,489 (LV) 37% 61% - - 2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 2020 7,691 (LV) 37% 62% - - 2%
SurveyUSA/KING-TV Jul 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 28% 62% - - 6%[lower-alpha 6]
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 2020 3,939 (LV) 36% 62% - - 2%
Public Policy Polling/NPI May 19–20, 2020 1,070 (LV) ± 3% 37% 59% - - 5%
SurveyUSA/KING-TV May 16–19, 2020 530 (LV) ± 5.5% 31% 57% - - 5%[lower-alpha 7] 7%
EMC Research Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2020 583 (A) ± 4.1% 39% 52% - - 9%
SurveyUSA/KING-TV Mar 4–6, 2020 992 (RV) ± 3.8% 34% 57% - - 9%
Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate Oct 22–23, 2019 900 (LV) ± 3.3% 37% 59% - - 3%
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 31% 52% - - 17%
Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Pete
Buttigieg (D)
Undecided
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 32% 44% 24%

with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Kamala
Harris (D)
Undecided
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 33% 47% 20%

Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA/KING-TV Mar 4–6, 2020 992 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 56% 9%
Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate Oct 22–23, 2019 900 (LV) ± 3.3% 37% 58% 6%
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 32% 54% 14%

Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA/KING-TV Mar 4–6, 2020 992 (RV) ± 3.8% 38% 52% 10%
Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate Oct 22–23, 2019 900 (LV) ± 3.3% 37% 60% 3%
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 33% 48% 20%
Hypothetical polling

with Donald Trump and Generic Democrat

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 21–22, 2019 886 (LV) ± 3.3% 34% 59% 7%

Electoral slates

These slates of electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidate win the state:[32]

Joe Biden and
Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
Donald Trump and
Mike Pence
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen and
Spike Cohen
Libertarian Party
Howie Hawkins and
Angela Walker
Green Party
Gloria La Riva and
Sunil Freeman
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Alyson Kennedy and
Malcolm Jarrett
Socialist Workers Party
Martin Chaney
Jack Arends
Jackie Lane
Patsy Whitefoot
Nancy Monacelli
Julie Johnson
Sophia Danenberg
Jen Carter
Bryan Kesterson
Julian Wheeler
Santiago Ramos
Payton Swinford
Eric Rohrbach
Timothy Hazelo
Ronald Averill
Richard Bilskis
Dan Wallace
Elizabeth Kreiselmaier
Craig Keller
Tamara Flaherty
Timothy Tow
Colleen Wise
Arthur Coday
Sandi Peterson
Nathan Deily
Miguel Duque
Nicholas Coelho
Larry Nicholas
Data Logan
Whitney Davis
Ciaran Dougherty
Steve Hansen
Larry Hovde
Will Leonard
Randy McGlenn
Anna Johnson
Jody Thorsen Grage
Cynthia J. Sellers
Margaret J. Elisabeth
Stonewall Bird
Scott Charles Thompson
Bruce Radtke
Charles Law
Richard A. Redick
Frank Lockwood
Noah Martin
Colin Bartlett
Daniel Bumbarger
Jane N. Cutter
Andrew T. Freeman
Emily Forschmiedt
Sean Connolly
Jacob Nasrallah
Gregory Plancich
Ryan Oliveira
Nicolas Boone
Mitchell Malloy
Mario Carbonell
Eric Buerk
Charles A Susat
Michele Ann Smith
Patricia Ann Scott
Sara Jane Gates
Keith Bryan Smith
Mary Juanita Martin
Edwin B. Fruit
Scott A. Breen
Barbara Anne Kline
Rashaad Ali
Robert Bruneau
Dean Denno
Leah Beth Finger

Results

2020 United States presidential election in Washington[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
2,369,612 57.97% +5.43%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence
1,584,651 38.77% +1.94%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen
80,500 1.97% -2.88%
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker
18,289 0.45% -1.31%
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman
4,840 0.12% +0.01%
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett
2,487 0.06% -0.07%
Write-in 27,252 0.67% -2.58%
Total votes 4,087,631 100.00% N/A

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Biden won 7 of 10 congressional districts with the remaining 3 going to Trump.[34]

District Trump Biden Representative
1st 38% 59% Suzan DelBene
2nd 35% 62% Rick Larsen
3rd 50% 47% Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th 58% 39% Dan Newhouse
5th 53% 44% Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th 39% 57% Derek Kilmer
7th 12% 85% Pramila Jayapal
8th 45% 52% Kim Schrier
9th 24% 73% Adam Smith
10th 40% 56% Denny Heck
Marilyn Strickland

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  4. "Another candidate" with 5%
  5. Includes "Refused"
  6. "Another candidate" with 6%
  7. "A candidate from another party" with 5%

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