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That position was made nonpartisan in 1940. At the presidential level, Washington is part of the "blue wall", having voted for all Democratic nominees since 1988. Prior to statehood, the President of the United States appointed a territorial governor and secretary of state, who served as acting governor when the governor was absent from the state.
As of 2018, Massachusetts was the most Democratic state, with 56% of residents identifying as Democrats, while only 27% of residents identified as Republicans. However, it is important to note that Washington D.C. (while not a state) has 3 electoral votes and 76% of residents identify as Democrats, while 6% identify as Republicans.
Washington was the 6th-most Democratic state in the election behind Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii, and California; the latter five states voted for Harris by more than 20%. This was the first election since 1956 in which Washington voted to the left of New York (which had the largest swing to the right in this election) and Rhode Island.
As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Washington.
More recently, the states of Virginia and Colorado are on a five-election Democratic voting streak since 2008, after voting for George W. Bush in 2004. Virginia had been consistently Republican since 1968, while Colorado had only voted Democratic during 1992 in the same period, demonstrating the opposing trend to the blue wall.
Washington State employs a "top-two" primary system, where all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, compete in a single primary, and the two candidates who receive the most votes advance ...
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
Washington generally favored the Republican Party in presidential elections until 1932, reflecting its state and congressional voting patterns. [8] The state was won by Progressive Party presidential nominee Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election; Roosevelt, who had been a Republican during his presidency, is the only third party candidate to ...