2024 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

Republican primary The Washington Republican primary took place on March 12, 2024, alongside primaries in Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, and Missouri. Democratic primary The Washington Democratic primary took place on March 12, 2024, alongside primaries in Democrats Abroad, Northern Marianas, Mississippi, and Georgia. == General election ==

In the early hours of October 28 a ballot drop box in Vancouver was found to be on fire damaging a number of ballots. Candidates The following presidential candidates have received ballot access in Washington: • Kamala Harris, Democratic Party • Donald Trump, Republican Party • Chase Oliver, Libertarian Party • Jill Stein, Green Party • Claudia De la Cruz, Party for Socialism and Liberation • Cornel West, Independent • Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party • Shiva Ayyadurai, Independent • Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party • Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent (withdrawn) Predictions Polling Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump Gretchen Whitmer vs. Donald Trump Josh Shapiro vs. Donald Trump Raphael Warnock vs. Donald Trump Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis Results File:24wapresbyld.svg|350px|thumb By county By congressional district Harris won seven of ten congressional districts. Trump won three congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. == Analysis ==

Washington was the sixth-most Democratic state in the election behind Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts, 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). Washington was one of eleven states where Trump received fewer votes in this election than in 2020. The reason for all of their rightward swings is that Harris lost an even greater number of votes compared to Biden's 2020 run. With this election, Clallam County ended its 40-year bellwether streak, voting for the losing presidential candidate for the first time since 1976; Trump thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since Richard Nixon in 1968. This was also the first time since 1896 that an unsuccessful Democrat won a majority of the county's vote. It had previously been the only county in the nation to vote for every presidential election winner since 1980. == See also ==