ELECTORAL VOTES 12

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ABOUT
WASHINGTON

2010 Census Reapportionment: Washington will gain one electoral vote, giving it 12 for the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.



Washington joined the Union in November 1889. The state has gone through periods during which it voted primarily Democratic and other periods where Republicans usually won. Democrats have been the victors in the last six elections and so is considered a blue state at this point in its history. In 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain by a 58% to 41% margin. The state’s electoral influence has grown in recent decades; in the western half of the country only Texas and California have more than Washington’s 12 electoral votes.