District of Columbia

Outlook: Solid Democratic

3 Electoral Votes (3 in 2000)
Kerry won in 2004 by 79.84%

Though it lacks representation in Congress, the District of Columbia has three electoral votes to give out every four years. Since it acquired this right in 1972, no Democratic presidential candidate has ever lost in the nation’s capital, and in 2004, John Kerry won it by nearly eighty percent, a showing that was two or so points better than Al Gore’s victory there in 2000. We know this year’s buzzword is change, but the nation’s capital is one place where Barack Obama will be pleased to see change is exceedingly unlikely.