It never has voted for a Republican in a presidential election. The 23rd Amendment, ratified in 1961, gave Washington D.C. the right to cast electoral votes for a president. Since then, it has always cast its votes for a Democrat (even in 1984 when Minnesota was the only state to vote for Mondale over Reagan).
republican mostly
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
and if the state has supported the candidate in recent elections.
If I voted for a republican sheriff can I still vote demacrat president
republican mostly
2000 (Al Gore)
As of 2017, the last time we use the electoral vote was in 2016. Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election defeating Hillary Clinton. In the 2016 presidential election Donald Trump received 304 electoral votes and Hillary Clinton received 227 electoral votes.
William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote, allowing the Democrat Wilson to win in the electoral college vote.
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
In the Election of 2008, the Electoral Votes from the State of Georgia went to the Republican candidate, Senator John McCain from Arizona.
269 electors vote Republican, and the other 269 electors vote Democratic.
William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote, allowing the Democrat Wilson to win in the electoral college vote.
William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote, allowing the Democrat Wilson to win in the electoral college vote.
Look at a presidential electoral map- the "red states" that vote republican form a shape on the US map that resembles an "L"
If more of the public vote Republican that year in that state then the Republican electors get appointed from that state instead of the Democratic electors.
1976 - Jimmy Carter.