WASHINGTON | 12 Electoral Votes |
Population (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Washington Secretary of State)
Washington has: 39 counties. Five largest counties: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Clark. Five largest cities: Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue. Government
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State of
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Washington has had vote by
mail since election reforms passed in Apr. 2005. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 26, 2020 - mail or online. Nov. 3, 2020 - in person. Voting Starts: Oct. 16, 2020 - "Start of 18-day voting period (through Election Day)." |
Ballot Access for minor party and independent candidates for president. |
Overview:
As
expected, Washington's 12 electoral votes ended up in
the Democratic column; the Biden-Harris ticket won with
a plurality of 784,961 votes (19.20 percentage points),
carrying 13 counties to 26 counties for
Trump-Pence. The presidential campaign was
relaitvely quiet here, although the Biden campaign did
name a state director for the Fall (+)
and supporters phonebanked into battleground states (+). + Seattle was much in the news following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in Minneapolis when protesters set up a six-block "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ), later renamed "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" (CHOP); police dismantled the zone on July 1. BALLOT [PDF] |
[State Primary: August 4, 2020] |
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Registration: 4,553,013 (active), 407,428 (inactive). Ballots Issued: 4,661,931. Ballots Received: 2,352,866. Ballots Counted: 2,256,488. Voter Turnout: 49.56%. |
Democrats Biden 591,403 (37.94%), Sanders 590,039 (36.57%), Warren 142,652 (9.15%), Bloomberg 122,530 (7.86%)... Total 1,558,776. details 109 Delegates: 58 District, 19 At-Large, 12 PLEO, 20 Unpledged. |
Republicans Trump 684,239 (98.41%), write-ins 11,036 (1.59%). Total: 695,275. |
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
4,535,438. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.0%. "Most voters are choosing to vote by mail this election. Of the 39 counties, 37 are using vote-by-mail exclusively. King and Pierce also offer poll-site voting on November 4, but most of their voters are voting by mail." -SoS Registration: Mail-in or online deadline is Oct. 4, 2008; in-person deadline, at county elections office, is Oct. 20. Absentee: Request as early as 90 days before the election. "You will receive your absentee or mail-in ballot approximately 14 days prior to the election." |
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2008
Overview The Obama-Biden ticket amassed a plurality of 521,632 votes (17.17 percentage points), carrying 20 counties to 19 for McCain. There were few candidate visits. The presidential race in Washington tightened for a time after the Republican National Convention, but for most of the Fall the governor's race was the center of attention. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
4,272,914. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.9%. Total Registration: 3,508,208. 2,884,783 total votes were cast; of these 1,974,606, or 68.4%, were absentee ballots. |
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2004 Overview The presidential race in Washington was not closely contested, and the state saw few visits by the candidates. Kerry improved upon Gore's showing, gaining a plurality of 205,307 votes (7.18 percentage points). Kerry carried 12 counties to 27 for Bush. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 4,098,044. Total
Registration:
3,335,714. 2,517,028
total
votes
were
cast;
of
these
1,364,607,
or
54.2%,
were
absentee
ballots.
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2000
Overview Washington had gone Democratic for the past three elections, but the Nader factor created a degree of uncertainty. The Bush campaign invested significant resources; Gore-Lieberman nonetheless ended up winning the state with a plurality of 138,788 votes (5.58 percentage points). Gore carried 11 counties to 28 for Bush. Washington was the scene of one of the most closely fought U.S. Senate races as Maria Cantwell (D) defeated incumbent Slade Gorton (R) with a plurality of just 2,229 votes (0.09 percentage points). Voters also faced seven ballot measures. General Election Activity |
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