2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia explained

See main article: 2020 United States presidential election.

Election Name:2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Country:District of Columbia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
College Voted:yes
Previous Election:2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Previous Year:2016
Election Date:November 3, 2020
Next Election:2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
Next Year:2024
Turnout:66.9%[1]
Image1:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Joe Biden
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Delaware
Running Mate1:Kamala Harris
Electoral Vote1:3
Popular Vote1:317,323
Percentage1:
Nominee2:Donald Trump
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Florida
Running Mate2:Mike Pence
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:18,586
Map Size:250px
President
Before Election:Donald Trump
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Joe Biden
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The District of Columbia participated in the 2020 United States presidential election with the other 50 states on Tuesday, November 3.[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] Prior to the election, Biden was considered to be all but certain to win D.C.

The nation's capital is overwhelmingly Democratic and has voted for the Democratic nominee by massive margins in every presidential election it has participated in, ever since it was first granted electors by the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment in 1961. Biden's 86.75-point margin of victory was virtually identical to that secured by Hillary Clinton in 2016.[4] Nevertheless, the District shifted by 0.02% to the right compared with the previous election, likely due to a decline in third-party voting, making Biden the first non-incumbent Democrat since 1988 to win D.C. by a smaller margin than in the previous cycle. Along with six states, it was one of just seven jurisdictions where Trump improved on his 2016 margins.

Primary elections

The District of Columbia held primary elections 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

General election

Final predictions

SourceRanking
The Cook Political Report[6]
Inside Elections[7]
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8]
Politico[9]
RCP[10]
Niskanen[11]
CNN[12]
The Economist[13]
CBS News[14]
270towin[15]
ABC News[16]
NPR[17]
NBC News[18]
538[19]

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Joe
Biden
! class="unsortable"
Donald
Trump

Other/
Undecided
Margin
FiveThirtyEight[20] until November 2, 2020November 3, 202090.8%5.8%3.4%Biden +85.0

Polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
Donald
Trump

Joe
Biden
Jo
Jorgensen

Howie
Hawkins

OtherUndecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios[21] Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020495 (LV)± 6%5%94%
SurveyMonkey/AxiosOct 1–28, 2020969 (LV)9%89%
SurveyMonkey/AxiosSep 1–30, 2020343 (LV)12%86%2%
SurveyMonkey/AxiosAug 1–31, 2020252 (LV)16%83%2%
SurveyMonkey/AxiosJul 1–31, 2020290 (LV)8%91%1%
SurveyMonkey/AxiosJun 8–30, 2020151 (LV)11%87%3%

Results

By ward

Ward[22] data-sort-type="number" Bidendata-sort-type="number" Biden
%
data-sort-type="number" Trumpdata-sort-type="number" Trump
%
data-sort-type="number" Othersdata-sort-type="number" Others
%
data-sort-type="number" Total
Ward 139,04193.7%1,7254.1%2980.7%41,064
Ward 229,07888.4%2,9188.9%3701.1%32,366
Ward 339,39789.1%3,7058.4%4911.1%43,593
Ward 442,48993.8%1,9134.2%3080.7%44,710
Ward 543,32094.0%1,7693.8%3230.7%45,412
Ward 656,71990.1%4,3376.9%8571.4%61,913
Ward 736,38294.8%1,1343.0%2700.7%37,786
Ward 830,89794.0%1,0853.3%2200.7%32,202

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Election 2020 - Certified Results. D.C. Board of Elections.
  2. News: US elections key dates: When are the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential campaign?. https://web.archive.org/web/20190104032925/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-electiocns-key-dates-midterms-2020-presidential-house-congress-senate-a8472821.html . 2019-01-04 . limited . live. Kelly. Ben. August 13, 2018. The Independent. January 3, 2019.
  3. Web site: Distribution of Electoral Votes. November 3, 2020. National Archives and Records Administration. September 19, 2019 .
  4. News: 2020-11-03. District of Columbia Election Results. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-11-09. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: District of Columbia Republican Delegation 2020. The Green Papers. June 3, 2020.
  6. Web site: 2020 POTUS Race ratings. The Cook Political Report. en. 2019-05-21.
  7. Web site: POTUS Ratings Inside Elections. insideelections.com. 2019-05-21.
  8. Web site: Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President. crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. 2019-05-21.
  9. Web site: 2020 Election Forecast. November 19, 2019 . Politico.
  10. Web site: Battle for White House. April 19, 2019 . RCP.
  11. https://www.niskanencenter.org/bitecofer-post-primary-update/ 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions
  12. Web site: David . Chalian . Terence. Burlij. Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020. 2020-06-16. CNN. June 11, 2020 .
  13. News: Forecasting the US elections . The Economist . July 7, 2020.
  14. Web site: 2020 Election Battleground Tracker. CBS News. July 12, 2020. July 13, 2020.
  15. Web site: 2020 Presidential Election Interactive Map. 270 to Win.
  16. Web site: ABC News Race Ratings. CBS News. July 24, 2020. July 24, 2020.
  17. Web site: 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes. 2020-08-03. NPR.org. en.
  18. Web site: Biden dominates the electoral map, but here's how the race could tighten. 2020-08-06. NBC News. August 6, 2020 . en.
  19. Web site: 2020 Election Forecast . FiveThirtyEight . August 12, 2020 . August 14, 2020.
  20. Web site: District of Columbia : President: general election Polls. Ryan. Best. Aaron. Bycoffe. Ritchie. King. Dhrumil. Mehta. Anna. Wiederkehr. June 28, 2018. FiveThirtyEight.
  21. Web site: Candidate preference. www.tableau.com.
  22. Web site: District of Columbia presidential election results 2020: Live results and polls . NBC News.