The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC Metro Area is a politically active region that plays an influential role in the United States. The area is home to the nation's capital and many federal institutions, including Congress, the Supreme Court, and numerous other government organizations. There are a variety of partisan and non-partisan organizations that work on policy issues in the area, which include progressive think tanks, business groups, advocacy organizations, and labor unions. The district also has several prominent local politicians, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Tom Carper. In addition to these individuals, there are various elected officials at the state and local level who represent constituents from the Metro Area in their respective jurisdictions. All of these political entities work together to shape public policy in the area and ensure that its residents have meaningful representation when it comes to decision making.
The political climate in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area 72.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.9% to 24.9%.
The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
District of Columbia is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,014,907 contributions totaling $626,490,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153,966 contributions totaling $230,513,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,497 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)