The 2024 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the
2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the
District of Columbia will participate.
District of Columbia voters will choose electors to represent them in the
Electoral College via a popular vote. The District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following
reapportionment due to the
2020 United States census in which the district neither gained nor lost a seat. Per the Constitution, the District of Columbia can not be apportioned more members of the Electoral College than the number apportioned to the state apportioned the fewest.[1]
As an urban area with an
African American plurality, Democrats have faced almost no challenge to earn the District of Columbia's electoral votes in presidential elections since it was first granted its electoral college representation. Starting with
Lyndon B. Johnson's victory in
1964, every Democratic nominee for president has won the District by massive margins, including the 49-state landslide defeats of
George McGovern and
Walter Mondale in
1972 and
1984. Thus, the district is predicted to again be a very easy Democratic win in 2024.[2]
Incumbent Democratic president
Joe Biden is running for re-election to a second term.[3]
The District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in
Montana,
New Jersey,
New Mexico, and
South Dakota.
District of Columbia Republican primary, March 1–3, 2024[4]