Washington

Voting Population

Eligibility (70.8% eligible to vote)

Washington joined the Union in November 1889. The state has gone through periods during which it voted primarily Democratic and other periods where Republicans usually won. Democrats have been the victors in the last eight elections, making it one of the more reliably blue states at this point in its history. In 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by a 54% to 38% margin. The state’s electoral influence has grown in recent decades; in the western half of the country only Texas and California have more than Washington’s 12 electoral votes. In the 2016 election, four of those electors were faithless, with three voting for Colin Powell and one for Faith Spotted Eagle.

has 12 Electoral College votes to cast in Presidential elections.

State Capital: Olympia, WA • 2020 Population: 7,797,095 • US Representatives: 10

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Recent Election Results

Leaning

56%

Democrat

2016 Presidential (24.4% voted Republican)

2012 Presidential (35.1% voted Democratic)

2016 US Senate

2016 US House

2016 Gubernatorial

Current Elected Officials

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