In 20037 Washington, DC, politics is a prominent part of the community. Political leaders are working hard to ensure that all citizens of the district have access to services and resources they need. The mayor and city council members represent the interests of their district’s constituents in local government affairs. In addition, each congressional district in Washington DC is represented by a member of congress who helps make decisions impacting the entire region. Citizens are encouraged to stay engaged in local political discourse as well as national issues. Voting is an important way for citizens to have their voice heard on these issues, so it is important for everyone to be educated about upcoming elections and political topics before casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 20037 (Washington, DC) is very liberal.
District of Columbia County, DC is very liberal. In District of Columbia County, DC 92.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 5.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, District of Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 92.1% to 5.4%.
District of Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20037 (Washington, DC) is very liberal.
Washington, District of Columbia is very liberal.
District of Columbia County, District of Columbia is very liberal.
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, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 20037 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,489 contributions totaling $3,966,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 833 contributions totaling $944,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)