DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Board of Elections and Ethics)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
 632,323
Total Registration, Oct. 31, 2012
 483,662 >
Dem. 363,418 (75.13%)   Rep. 30,908 (6.39%)   St.Grn. 4,283 (0.89%)   No Party 83,572 (17.28%)   Other 1,481 (0.31%)

Government
Mayor: Vincent Gray (D) elected Nov. 2010.
Legislature: D.C. City Council   13 members
U.S. House: 1D -  Non-Voting Delegate E.H.Norton (D).
U.S. Senate: No Senate Representation. 


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General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 474,866.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.9%.


Total Registration: 483,662
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 15, 2012 is "last day for Board to receive and process timely completed non-postmarked voter registration applications."  (Tuesday, October 9, 2012 is deadline for registration by mail).
Official Results >

 
+Obama/Biden (Dem.) 267,070 (90.91)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.) 21,381 (7.28)
Stein/Honkala (StG)
 2,458 (0.84)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
 2,083 (0.71)
w/in
772
(0.26)
Total........ 413,890


Overview: Obama didn't quite achieve the 92.46% share of the vote that he had in 2008, but came close with 90.91%. 

DC served an important role as a border state to battleground Virginia.  Both campaigns benefited from DC volunteers travelling to Virginia.  Additionally DC provided a convenient location for fundraising events.
General Election Details
 Obama  |  (Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]
Presidential Primary Election -- Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Democrats
Barack Obama 56,503 (96.21%)  Uncommitted 1,100 (1.87%)  Under Votes 725 (1.2%)  Write-In 386 (0.66%)

Turnout: 58, 725 of 344,448 registered voters (17.05%).


Statehood Green
Jill Stein 216 (56.99%)   Write-In 100 (26.38%)   Undervotes 36 (9.50%)  Candidate None 27 (7.12%)

Turnout: 379 of 4,153 registered voters (9.13%).
 Republicans
19 Delegates: 3 RNC; 16 at-large.
0.83% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Certified Results  143/143 Precincts
Mitt Romney
3,577
68.04%
Ron Paul
621
11.81%
Newt Gingrich
558
10.61%
Jon Huntsman
 348
 6.62%
Under Votes
152
2.69%
Total
5,256

Turnout: 5,257 of 30,276 registered Republicans (17.36%).

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 438,201.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.7%.

Election Day Turnout 228,372 53.51%
Absentee Turnout 27,955 6.55%
Provisional Turnout 10,544 2.47%
Total 266,871 62.53%
% of registered.
Total Registration: 426,761.
Official Results >

+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 245,800
(92.46)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
958
(0.36)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.) 590
(0.22)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
 		17,367 (6.53)
w/in
1,138
(0.43)
Total........265,853

Over Votes     310
Under Votes   705 		2008 Overview
Obama fared better in the District and McCain worse than any presidential candidate since at least 1992.
Obama/Allies |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population: 419,142.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.3%.

Election Day Ballots Cast:  203,448 
Absentee and Special Ballots Cast:  26,657 
Total Ballots Cast:  230,105
(59.94% of registered)

Total Registration: 383,919.
Official Results

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
202,970
(89.18)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 
21,256
 (9.34)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.) 1,485 (0.65)
Cobb/LaMarche (StGrn.) 737
(0.32)
Write in, if any
506
(0.22)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
502
(0.22)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
130
(0.06)
Total........227,586
 
624 over votes
1,883 under votes

2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards' 89.18% showing in the District of Columbia was the highest in the past four elections. 
General Election Details
[Primary Election: September 14, 2004]
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population: 416,696.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 48.3%.

Total Registration: 354,410.
Official Results

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
669
 (0.33)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
18,073
(8.95)
Nader/LaDuke (DCSG)
10,576
(5.24)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
114
(0.06)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
171,923
(85.16)
Write-in
539
(0.27)
Total........201,894


2000 Overview
There were no surprises on Nov. 7 as the Gore-Lieberman ticket swamped Bush-Cheney in the District with a plurality of 153,850 votes (76.21 percentage points).  Ralph Nader made a point of campaigning for District votes, visiting Anacostia and holding a super-rally at MCI Center, but he did not make it into double figures. 

A surprising development did occur on Dec. 18, however.  Elector Barbara Lett-Simmons, 73, cast a blank ballot to protest DC's lack of voting representation in Congress, meaning that Gore gained only two of DC's three electoral votes.

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.)......192,619
(84.64)
Bush (Rep.)...........20,698
(9.10)
Perot (Ind.)...............9,681
(4.25)
Others (7+w/ins)......4,574
(2.01)
Total........227,572

1996
Clinton (Dem.).....158,220
(85.19)
Dole (Rep.)............17,339 
(9.34)
Nader (Grn.)...........4,780
(2.57)
Perot (Ref.).............3,611
(1.94)
Others (3+w/ins).....1,776 
(0.95)
Total........185,726
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