2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

The 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] District of Columbia 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. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
November 3, 2020
Turnout66.9%[1]
 
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 317,323 18,586
Percentage 92.15% 5.40%
Ward results
Biden
  80–90%
  90–100%

President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

 Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

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Initiatives and referendums
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As has happened at every election since the District was granted electors under the Twenty-third Amendment in 1961, the Democratic nominee received a higher vote share in D.C. than in any other jurisdiction. Biden's 86.75 point margin of victory was virtually identical to that secured by Hillary Clinton in 2016.[4]

Primary elections

The primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.

Republican primary

Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of the district's 19 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[5]

Democratic primary
This section is an excerpt from 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary[edit]
2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary[6]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[7]
Joe Biden 84,093 75.97% 20
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 14,228 12.85%
Bernie Sanders (suspended) 11,116 10.04%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 442 0.40%
Write-in 809 0.73%
Total 110,688 100% 20

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[8] Safe D September 10, 2020
Inside Elections[9] Safe D September 4, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] Safe D July 14, 2020
Politico[11] Safe D September 8, 2020
RCP[12] Safe D August 3, 2020
Niskanen[13] Safe D July 26, 2020
CNN[14] Safe D August 3, 2020
The Economist[15] Safe D September 2, 2020
CBS News[16] Likely D August 16, 2020
270towin[17] Safe D August 2, 2020
ABC News[18] Safe D July 31, 2020
NPR[19] Likely D August 3, 2020
NBC News[20] Safe D August 6, 2020
538[21] Safe D September 9, 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
FiveThirtyEight until October 27, 2020 October 28, 2020 87.6% 8.4% 4.0% Biden +79.2

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 495 (LV) ± 6% 5%[lower-alpha 3] 94% - - – –
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 2020 969 (LV) – 9% 89% - - – –
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 2020 343 (LV) – 12% 86% - - – 2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 2020 252 (LV) – 16% 83% - - – 2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 2020 290 (LV) – 8% 91% - - – 1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 2020 151 (LV) – 11% 87% - - – 3%

Results
2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris 		317,323 92.15% 1.29%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence		 18,586 5.4% 1.31%
Write-in 3,137 0.91% 1.19%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen		 2,036 0.59% 0.99%
D.C. Statehood Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker		 1,726 0.5% 0.87%
Independent Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman		 855 0.25% N/A
Independent Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard		 693 0.2% N/A
Total votes 344,356 100.00% 1.6%

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

See also

References
  1. "General Election 2020 - Certified Results". D.C. Board of Elections.
  2. Kelly, Ben (August 13, 2018). "US elections key dates: When are the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential campaign?". The Independent. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  4. "District of Columbia Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  5. "District of Columbia Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  6. "DCBOE Election Results". electionresults.dcboe.org. DC Board of Elections. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  7. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  9. "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  10. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  11. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  12. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  13. 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020.
  14. David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  15. "Forecasting the US elections". The Economist. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  16. "2020 Election Battleground Tracker". CBS News. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  17. "2020 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270 to Win.
  18. "ABC News Race Ratings". CBS News. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  19. "2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes". NPR.org. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  20. "Biden dominates the electoral map, but here's how the race could tighten". NBC News. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  21. "2020 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  22. "General Election 2020 - Certified Results". D.C. Board of Elections.

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