D.C.'s 4th EV

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When would the District of Columbia theoretically get its fourth electoral vote based only on its own population?
Do you think Amendment XXIII will be changed by then?

And for the mapping fetishists: What would the congressional districts look like?

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When both Wyoming and Vermont get a 4th I think.

You misunderstood my question.

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Constitution specifically states DC cannot have more EVs than any state so unless its get amended and doubt that will happen any time soon.  As long as GOP controls both houses and both legislatures they are not going to want to give the Democrats an extra electoral vote.  Now if the Democrats control both houses and are at some point able to gain control of 3/4 of state legislatures (highly unlikely) then it might be possible. 

That's why put the theoretically into the question.

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While that clause did cost DC an EV in the elections before 1984, it's meaningless now unless the size of the House were to be considerably expanded. The district is fully developed now and there's no reasonable prospect that Congress would ever allow changes to the building codes which would allow high-rises to obscure the Capitol or the Mall. Max population for the district is probably 1,000,000 which won't ever be enough for two representatives unless we start seeing major population declines and/or a massive increase in the size of the House. (Even with a cube-root House size, DC would still only get one.)

You're saying, till 1980 D.C. ought to have had 4 EV, and it basically "lost" one since then?