2024 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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The 2024 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of North Dakota has three electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state gained no further congressional seats.
On election night, Trump carried the state with an overwhelming victory margin of 36.45%, the highest out of any Republican presidential victory in the state since 1980. It was Trump's fourth strongest state in margin of victory, behind Idaho, West Virginia and Wyoming. Trump's 66.96% vote share is the largest for any presidential candidate in the state since 1952.
By margin, this was the worst performance by a Democratic presidential nominee in North Dakota since 1980, when Jimmy Carter lost the state by about 38%. Harris lost the state by 36.45%, worse than Hillary Clinton's 35.73% losing margin in 2016.
Primary elections
Democratic primary
The North Dakota Democratic primary was held mostly through mail in ballots. Limited in-person voting was held, and all ballots were due March 30, 2024.
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