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Although Washington was a Republican-leaning swing state until the 1980s, Democrats have won Washington in every presidential election starting in 1988 and have consistently done so by double digits since 2008. Washington is part of the Democratic-leaning West Coast, and was predicted to go comfortably to the Democratic Party in 2024.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5, 2024.Primary elections were held on August 6, 2024. [1]This was the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least one executive office going into the election.
Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Here’s a look at county level breakdowns showing how Tri-Cities voters cast their ballots. Polls close at 8 p.m. and results will start rolling in with updates throughout the night.
Explainer: There are 3 easy ways to register to vote in Washington state: online, by mail, or in person. The Secretary of State explains.
In 2020, nearly 50% of all registered voters in Washington state voted in the presidential primary, according to the Secretary of State’s website. Presidential primaries in Washington state
In Washington, elections are authorized by Articles II, III, and IV of the Washington State Constitution, which respectively include the establishment of elections for the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of the state government; Article VI establishes election procedures and rights.
Biden won the state by 19.2%, the largest margin for a presidential candidate of any party since 1964. He also flipped the swing county of Clallam. Biden also became the candidate with the highest vote total in the state's history, with 2,369,612 votes. [4] This was the first time since 1988 that Washington voted to the left of Illinois.