United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016

United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016
November 8, 2016
Turnout 65.3% Increase

 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 282,830 12,723
Percentage 90.86% 4.09%
Ward results
Clinton
  80-90%
  >90%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all fifty states and the District of Columbia participated. D.C. voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On March 12 and June 14, 2016, voters chose delegates to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions respectively.

Clinton won the election with 282,830 votes or 90.9%, the third strongest win for a Democrat after Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012. Donald Trump received 12,723 votes or 4.1% of the vote,[1] which is the lowest share of the popular vote received by any Republican candidate since voters in the District of Columbia were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. As a result of this, Hillary Clinton received the widest margin of victory, 86.8%, of any winning presidential candidate, breaking the record of 86% set by Barack Obama in 2008. The District of Columbia has voted for the Democratic ticket in every election since 1964, which was the first election in which D.C. voters were allowed to participate.[2]

Background

The incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, a Democrat and former U.S. Senator from Illinois, was first elected president in the 2008 election, running with former Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote,[3][4] Obama succeeded two-term Republican President George W. Bush, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the 2012 presidential election, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes.[5] Although Barack Obama's approval rating in the RealClearPolitics poll tracking average remained between 40 and 50 percent for most of his second term, it experienced a surge in early 2016 and reached its highest point since 2012 during June of that year.[6][7] Analyst Nate Cohn noted that a strong approval rating for President Obama would equate to a strong performance for the Democratic candidate, and vice versa.[8]

Following his second term, President Obama was not eligible for another reelection. In October 2015, his running-mate and two-term Vice President Biden decided not to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination either.[9] With their term expiring on January 20, 2017, the electorate was asked to elect a new president, the 45th president and 48th vice president of the United States, respectively.

Political landscape in the District of Columbia

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961, grants the District of Columbia the right to choose presidential electors equal to the number from the least populous state (currently Wyoming's three). Since the amendment's ratification, the District of Columbia has cast its electoral votes for the Democratic candidate in every election. A Republican has never been the District's Mayor, and the current Council has 10 Democrats and two Independents.

Primary elections

Republican convention

Due to the small geographical size of the District of Columbia and the very small number of Republicans in the District, the local Republican party decided go directly to a "state convention", which took place at the Loews Madison Hotel at 1177 15th St NW from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Convention/Caucus method was chosen because the June 14th primary was deemed too late, and DC would be penalized and only get 16 delegates.[10]

District of Columbia Republican presidential convention, March 12, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Marco Rubio 1,059 37.3% 10 0 10
John Kasich 1,009 35.54% 9 0 9
Donald Trump 391 13.77% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz 351 12.36% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 14 0.49% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 12 0.42% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 3 0.11% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 2,839 100% 19 0 19
Source: The Green Papers

Democratic primary

Results by ward
  Hillary Clinton

The Democratic primary was held June 14. The date was chosen because it was thought that by then the race would be over and the voters could then concentrate on local races.

Results

 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in the District of Columbia, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 76,704 77.95% 16 23 39
Bernie Sanders 20,361 20.69% 4 2 6
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 213 0.22%
Under votes 611 0.62%
Write-in 485 0.49%
Over votes 24 0.02%
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 98,398 100% 20 25 45
Source: The Green Papers, District of Columbia Board of Elections - Official Primary Results

Results by ward

County [11] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Ward 173.8%9,89325.3%3,181
Ward 279.6%7,29419.4%1,777
Ward 377.1%10,89321.8%3,087
Ward 477.9%12,86320.7%3,421
Ward 578.2%9,21420.5%2,419
Ward 677.9%11,89820.9%3,198
Ward 782.1%8,65716.2%1,707
Ward 878.6%6,61218.7%1,571
Total78.0%76,70420.7%20,361

Ballot controversy

On March 30, ten weeks ahead of the Washington D.C. primary, NBC affiliate News 4 reported that the Democratic Party's D.C. State Committee had submitted registration paperwork for listing presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on the primary ballots a day late, even though the Sanders campaign had correctly and timely registered with the state party. After a voter filed a challenge, this would possibly lead to Sanders' name being missing on the ballots.[12] As the D.C. Council announced it would hold an emergency vote to put Sanders back on the ballots,[13] and with Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta asking to make sure an administrative error wouldn't exclude a candidate, D.C. Democratic Party chairwoman Anita Bonds told CNN that "Bernie will be on the ballot." She further explained that the party has always notified the D.C. board of elections a day after the deadline, with the only difference being that this time, someone challenged the inclusion of Sanders.[14]

Results

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Hillary Clinton 282,830 90.86%
Donald Trump 12,723 4.09%
Gary Johnson 4,906 1.58%
Jill Stein 4,258 1.37%
Write-in 6,551 2.10%
Total 311,268 100.00%
Source: NY Times DC Board of Elections - General Election 2016 (Certified Results)

Results by ward

County [15] Clinton Clinton
%		 Trump Trump
%		 Johnson Johnson
%		 Stein Stein
%		 Others Others
%		 Void Void
%		 Total
Ward 1 37,490 92.26% 1,066 2.62% 645 1.59% 675 1.66% 653 1.61% 104 0.26% 40,633
Ward 2 28,714 86.24% 2,304 6.92% 853 2.56% 351 1.05% 939 2.82% 136 0.40% 33,297
Ward 3 36,475 85.23% 3,323 7.76% 994 2.32% 522 1.22% 1,268 2.96% 213 0.50% 42,795
Ward 4 37,962 92.21% 1,358 3.30% 376 0.91% 732 1.78% 569 1.38% 173 0.42% 41,170
Ward 5 37,021 92.32% 1,141 2.85% 504 1.26% 628 1.57% 634 1.58% 174 0.43% 40,102
Ward 6 45,540 87.73% 2,506 4.83% 1,187 2.29% 605 1.17% 1,849 3.56% 222 0.43% 51,909
Ward 7 31,784 95.04% 547 1.64% 186 0.56% 420 1.26% 355 1.06% 150 0.45% 33,442
Ward 8 27,844 95.27% 478 1.64% 161 0.55% 325 1.11% 284 0.97% 135 0.46% 29,227

See also

References

  1. ↑ "General Election 2016 - Unofficial Results". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "District Of Columbia Presidential Election Voting History". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  3. ↑ "United States House of Representatives floor summary for Jan 8, 2009". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Federal elections 2008" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "President Map". The New York Times. November 29, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Other – President Obama Job Approval". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Byrnes, Jesse (2016-06-15). "Poll: Obama approval rating highest since 2012". TheHill. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  8. ↑ Cohn, Nate (2015-01-19). "What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Joe Biden Decides Not to Enter Presidential Race". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  11. ↑ http://democratas2016.ceepur.org/
  12. ↑ Tom Sherwood (March 30, 2016). "Bernie Sanders May Be Off DC Ballot After Democratic Party Filing". NBC 4 Washington. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  13. ↑ Tom Sherwood (March 31, 2016). "DC to Hold Emergency Vote to Get Bernie Sanders on Democratic Primary Ballot". NBC 4 Washington. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  14. ↑ Tom LoBlanco (March 31, 2016). "Sanders likely on D.C. ballot despite challenge". CNN. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2016 General Election Results". Retrieved December 23, 2016.
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