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2024StatewideD+18.2

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

County39 areas · 2024 presidential vote

King832,606252,193D+51.31,130,502 San Juan9,5392,890D+51.113,006 Jefferson17,4596,324D+45.124,698 Whatcom83,29549,213D+24.7137,868 Kitsap91,73159,080D+20.8156,872 Thurston95,66362,282D+20.3164,537 Snohomish240,099161,371D+18.8418,221 Island29,59520,967D+16.552,449 Pierce235,169188,194D+10.7439,581 Whitman10,4808,699D+8.920,027 Skagit36,95630,765D+8.870,256 Clallam25,44021,632D+7.848,663 Clark143,206123,998D+6.9276,578 Pacific6,8257,010R+1.314,244 Mason17,21518,127R+2.536,689 Spokane131,163145,338R+4.9287,082 Grays Harbor17,16119,432R+6.037,793 Walla Walla13,10615,476R+8.029,568 Klickitat5,9177,178R+9.313,610 Chelan18,39722,363R+9.442,191 Skamania3,1473,961R+11.17,355 Yakima36,70649,368R+14.388,751 Kittitas10,81014,645R+14.526,499 Okanogan8,46611,555R+14.920,731 Wahkiakum1,2041,757R+18.13,062 Cowlitz22,82534,580R+19.859,325 Benton37,66259,555R+21.7100,693 Franklin11,88419,086R+22.631,897 Asotin4,0827,004R+25.511,468 Douglas7,41013,095R+26.821,182 Ferry1,3152,667R+32.84,119 Lewis14,43329,322R+32.845,338 Grant10,80624,326R+37.336,253 Pend Oreille2,4615,826R+39.48,545 Adams1,4553,767R+43.15,365 Columbia6611,737R+43.32,485 Stevens7,49219,895R+43.928,246 Garfield330973R+47.61,352 Lincoln1,6785,272R+50.37,144

Washington voted Democratic for president by 18.2 points in 2024, down a single point from 19.2 in 2020 — one of the smallest changes in the country in a cycle that moved most states toward Donald Trump. The state has backed the Democratic nominee in every election since 1988; the last Republican to carry it was Ronald Reagan in 1984. But the 18-point statewide figure hides a deep split, and the line that draws it is geographic: the Cascade Mountains, which separate the rain-fed Puget Sound metropolis on the west from the dry interior on the east. The two sides vote as if they were different states.

West of the range, five counties around Puget Sound cast 58.9 percent of the statewide vote. King County, which holds Seattle, is the engine: it voted Democratic by 51.3 points in 2024, the state’s widest margin, and its 580,413-vote cushion is four-fifths of Washington’s 714,926-vote statewide margin. Pierce County around Tacoma went Democratic by 10.7, Snohomish by 18.8, Thurston around Olympia by 20.3, and Whatcom — home to Western Washington University in Bellingham — by 24.7. The Seattle area is the demographic core: Asian residents are 9.7 percent of the state, the Chinese and Asian Indian populations each above two percent, tracking the technology economy that has reshaped the region.

East of the Cascades the pattern reverses. The Columbia Basin and the wheat country run heavily Republican: Lincoln County voted Republican by 50.3 points, the state’s widest margin, and Garfield County by 47.6; Benton County in the Tri-Cities by 21.7 and Yakima by 14.3. The exception is Spokane, the largest eastern city, which held Republican by just 4.9 points — closer than 8.3 in 2016 — the eastern swing ground in a region otherwise lopsided. Underneath sits an affluent, secular profile: seventh of the fifty states in median household income at $98,141, eleventh in bachelor’s degrees, and thirteenth in the share claiming no religion, at 58.8 percent.

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004D+7.2

2008D+17.2

2012D+14.8

2016D+15.7

2020D+19.2

2024D+18.2

full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 70.3% of 5,583,137 citizens 18+

Year	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	CVAP	Turnout
2024	2,245,849	1,530,923	147,473	3,924,245	5,583,137	70.3%
2020	2,369,609	1,584,651	133,371	4,087,631	5,344,645	76.5%
2016	1,742,718	1,221,747	352,531	3,316,996	5,008,035	66.2%
2012	1,755,396	1,290,670	99,892	3,145,958	4,737,815	66.4%
2008	1,750,848	1,229,216	56,814	3,036,878	4,533,605	67.0%
2004	1,510,201	1,304,894	46,618	2,861,713	4,329,395^†	66.1%

^† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German14.5%12.5%

English12.1%9.5%

Irish9.8%9.4%

Norwegian4.0%—

American3.8%5.3%

Italian3.1%4.8%

Scottish2.6%1.3%

Swedish1.8%—

Mexican10.8%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%

Spaniard0.4%—

Salvadoran0.4%0.7%

Spanish0.3%—

Guatemalan0.2%0.5%

Colombian0.2%0.4%

Chinese2.2%1.3%

Asian Indian2.0%1.4%

Filipino1.5%0.9%

Vietnamese1.1%0.6%

Korean0.9%0.4%

Japanese0.4%0.2%

Cambodian0.3%—

African American†2.3%9.9%

African0.4%0.5%

Ethiopian0.3%—

Somali0.2%—

Samoan0.2%—

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	Washington	United States
Median age	38.5	39.1
Age 18–24	8.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	16.7%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Washington	United States
Median household income	$98,141	$84,427
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	39.3%	35.6%

Languages at home

Measure	Washington	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	21.5%	22.3%
Spanish	9.1%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	2.1%	2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)	1.9%	1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	2.1%	1.1%

Religious landscape

Measure	Washington	United States
Catholic	10.7%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	20.5%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	58.8%	51.5%

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.

current representation

Current officeholders

DBob FergusonGovernor

DDenny HeckLieutenant Governor

DSteve HobbsSecretary of State

DNick BrownAttorney General

DMike PellicciottiState Treasurer

DPat McCarthyState Auditor

DDave UpthegroveCommissioner of Public Lands

DPatty KudererInsurance Commissioner

OChris ReykdalSuperintendent of Public Instruction

DMaria CantwellU.S. Senate-0.31

DPatty MurrayU.S. Senate-0.36

U.S. House10 seats · D 8 · R 2

DWA-01Suzan DelBene

DWA-02Rick Larsen

DWA-03Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

RWA-04Dan Newhouse

RWA-05Michael Baumgartner

DWA-06Emily Randall

DWA-07Pramila Jayapal

DWA-08Kim Schrier

DWA-09Adam Smith

DWA-10Marilyn Strickland

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Ballotpedia / Washington SoS); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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Year

Democrat

Republican

Others

Total

CVAP

Turnout

2024

2,245,849

1,530,923

147,473

3,924,245

5,583,137

70.3%

2020

2,369,609

1,584,651

133,371

4,087,631

5,344,645

76.5%

2016

1,742,718

1,221,747

352,531

3,316,996

5,008,035

66.2%

2012

1,755,396

1,290,670

99,892

3,145,958

4,737,815

66.4%

2008

1,750,848

1,229,216

56,814

3,036,878

4,533,605

67.0%

2004

1,510,201

1,304,894

46,618

2,861,713

4,329,395^†

66.1%

Measure

Washington

United States

Median age

38.5

39.1

Age 18–24

8.5%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

16.7%

17.2%

Measure

Washington

United States

Median household income

$98,141

$84,427

Poverty rate

9.9%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

39.3%

35.6%

Measure

Washington

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

21.5%

22.3%

Spanish

9.1%

13.6%

Other Indo-European

2.1%

2.0%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)

1.9%

1.1%

Other Asian & Pacific Island

2.1%

1.1%

Measure

Washington

United States

Catholic

10.7%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

20.5%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

58.8%

51.5%

Current officeholders

DBob FergusonGovernor

DDenny HeckLieutenant Governor

DSteve HobbsSecretary of State

DNick BrownAttorney General

DMike PellicciottiState Treasurer

DPat McCarthyState Auditor

DDave UpthegroveCommissioner of Public Lands

DPatty KudererInsurance Commissioner

OChris ReykdalSuperintendent of Public Instruction

DMaria CantwellU.S. Senate-0.31

DPatty MurrayU.S. Senate-0.36

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Ballotpedia / Washington SoS); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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