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[4] [5] Washington has conducted its presidential elections through mail-in voting since 2012 for general elections and 2016 for party primaries. [ 6 ] In the 1892 presidential election , the first since Washington became a state, President Benjamin Harrison received 41.45% of the popular vote and obtained Washington's four electoral votes in ...
The tables below show the history of officeholders elected to statewide executive offices, the state legislature, and the U.S. Congress, as well as the winners of the state's electoral college votes. For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
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.
Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College. [3] Prior to the election, most news organizations forecasted Washington as a state that Biden would win, or a safe blue state. 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.
As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Washington.
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
Washington joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards. Since 1900, Washington voted Democratic 51.72 percent of the time and Republican 44.83 percent of the time. Since 1988, Washington had voted for the Democratic Party in each presidential election, and the same was expected to happen in 2016. [20]
The time has come to rethink how we conduct our elections in Washington State. By adopting Ranked-Choice Voting, we can create a more inclusive, representative, and ultimately fairer electoral system.