DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Board of Elections and Ethics)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 572,059
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 411,000 % change from '96  -4.0
Total Registration, Nov. 2000 354,410
Dem. 271,380 (76.6%)   Rep. 26,485 (7.5%)   St.Grn. 4,088 (1.2%)   No Party 50,749 (14.3%) UMP and Others 1,708 (0.4%)

Government
Mayor: Anthony Williams (D) elected in 1998.
Legislature: D.C. City Council
U.S. House: 1D -  Non-Voting Delegate E.H.Norton (D).
U.S. Senate: No Senate Representation. 


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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).....158,220
(85.19)
Dole (Rep.)............17,339 
(9.34)
Nader (Grn.)...........4,780
(2.57)
Perot (Ref.).............3,611
(1.94)
Others (3+w/ins).....1,776 
(0.95)
Total........185,726

1992
Clinton (Dem.)......192,619
84.64
Bush (Rep.)...........20,698
9.10
Perot (Ind.)...............9,681
4.25
Others (7+w/ins)......4,574
2.01
Total........227,572

Results
2000
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
669
 (0.33)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
18,073
(8.95)
Nader/LaDuke (DCSG)
10,576
(5.24)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
114
(0.06)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
171,923
(85.16)
Write-in
539
(0.27)
Total........201,894

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 49.12%.  (U.S. avg: 53.76%).

Overview
There were no surprises on Nov. 7 as the Gore-Lieberman ticket swamped Bush-Cheney in the District with a plurality of 153,850 votes (76.21 percentage points).  Ralph Nader made a point of campaigning for District votes, visiting Anacostia and holding a super-rally at MCI Center, but he did not make it into double figures. 

A surprising development did occur on Dec. 18, however.  Elector Barbara Lett-Simmons, 73, cast a blank ballot to protest DC's lack of voting representation in Congress, meaning that Gore gained only two of DC's three electoral votes.


 
Primary Date:  Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
+George W. Bush 1,771 72.8%
John McCain 593 24.4%
Total 2,364

Total Delegates
15 of 2,066 (0.7%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
+Al Gore 18,621 95.90%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
796
4.10%
Total
19,417
 

Total Pledged Delegates
17 of 3,537 (0.5%).
Total Delegates
32 of 4,335 (0.7%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.