Washington D.C.'s electoral votes in U.S. presidential elections 1964-2020
2000 election, Al Gore, is the only major party candidate to have been born there, during his father's term in the House of Representatives.
The District of Columbia is the only non-state entity of the United States with a share of electoral votes in U.S. presidential elections. Since the Twenty-third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted Washington D.C. representation in these elections, the nation's capital has had three electoral votes in each election since 1964. In these 15 elections, Washington D.C.'s citizens have chosen the overall winner seven times, giving a success rate of 47 percent, which is the lowest in the country. As of 2020, no U.S. president has ever been born in Washington D.C., although former Vice President and Democratic nominee in the