In 2011, Washington, DC was a bustling political hub. The city boasted a number of politically active citizens and organizations that served to drive the city forward. There were numerous opportunities for individuals to get involved in local politics including attending rallies and protests, writing to representatives, and attending town hall meetings. During this time, some of the most pressing issues included economic inequality, climate change, education reform, and criminal justice reform. Local politicians worked hard to address these topics as well as other important issues facing the District. At the same time local activists utilized grassroots campaigns to bring attention to these issues in an effort to create change within their communities. The people's voices were heard loud and clear in 2011 Washington DC as they pushed for social progress while simultaneously making sure their representatives were held accountable.
The political climate in Zip 20011 (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 20011 (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 20011 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,019 contributions totaling $1,707,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $220,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $610 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)