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1876–2024
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia·District of Columbia

District of Columbia has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

The most lopsided presidential jurisdiction in the nation

18762024·38 elections
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Latest
D+86
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
681,294
2024 ACS
Most similar
St. Louis city
MO · similarity 1.00
144 precincts · 313,096 votes cast
Harris · D+86
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+85.8%
289,45320,888313,096
2020D
+86.8%
317,32318,586344,356
2016D
+86.8%
282,83012,723311,268
2012D
+83.6%
267,07021,381293,764
2008D
+85.9%
245,80017,367265,853
2004D
+79.8%
202,97021,256227,586
2000D
+76.2%
171,92318,073201,894
1996D
+75.9%
158,22017,339185,726
1992D
+75.5%
192,61920,698227,572
1988D
+68.3%
159,40727,590192,877
1984D
+71.7%
180,40829,009211,288
1980D
+61.5%
130,23123,313173,889
1976D
+65.1%
137,81827,873168,830
1972D
+56.5%
127,62735,226163,421
1968D
+63.6%
139,56631,012170,578
1964D
+71.0%
169,79628,801198,597
1960
No data
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.3%
African American
33.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
15.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.3%
Other Christian
11.6%
Non-Christian
5.7%
Mainline Protestant
4.3%
Methodist
3.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

D.C. recorded an 83.8-point Democratic margin in 2024, the widest of any jurisdiction that reports presidential results, driven by a majority-minority population concentrated in a single dense urban core with no surrounding suburban or rural counterweight.

The Democratic margin in District of Columbia reached its widest at eighty-seven points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was eighty-six points — still decisive.

District of Columbia's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $109,870, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 681,294 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Louis city and New York County.

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