United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2016
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The 2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participate. D.C. voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On March 12 and June 14, 2016, voters will choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions respectively.
Contents
Primary Elections
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Republican Convention
Due to the small geographical size of the District of Columbia, the local Republican party decided go directly to a "state convention", which took place at the Loews Madison Hotel at 1177 15th St NW from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Convention/Caucus method was chosen because the June 14th primary was deemed too late, and DC would be penalized and only get 16 delegates.[1]
| District of Columbia Republican presidential convention, March 12, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
 Marco Rubio |
1,059 | 37.3% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| John Kasich | 1,009 | 35.54% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Donald Trump | 391 | 13.77% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Cruz | 351 | 12.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 14 | 0.49% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 12 | 0.42% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 2,839 | 100% | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary will be held June 14. The date was chosen because it was thought that by then the race would be over and the voters could then concentrate on local races.
Results
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | |||||
| Bernie Sanders | |||||
| Maria T. Wilson | |||||
| Uncommitted | N/A | ||||
| Total | 100% | ||||
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Ballot controversy
On March 30, ten weeks ahead of the Washington D.C. primary, NBC affiliate News 4 reported that the Democratic Party's D.C. State Committee had submitted registration paperwork for listing presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on the primary ballots a day late, even though the Sanders campaign had correctly and timely registered with the state party. After a voter filed a challenge, this would possibly lead to Sanders' name missing on the ballots,[2] As the D.C. Council announced it would hold an emergency vote to put Sanders back on the ballots,[3] and with Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta asking to make sure an administrative error wouldn't exclude a candidate, D.C. Democratic Party chairwoman Anita Bonds told CNN that "Bernie will be on the ballot." She further explained that the party has always notified the D.C. board of elections a day after the deadline, with the only difference being that this time, someone challenged the inclusion of Sanders.[4]
See also
- Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References
- ↑ http://dcist.com/2016/03/_dc_republicans_who_account.php
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