Washington, DC is a thriving metropolitan area with diverse and vibrant politics. The city is divided into eight wards and each ward has an elected councilmember who represents the interests of the people in that ward. At the city level, DC also has a mayor who is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the city. The mayor works closely with the DC City Council to ensure that policies reflect the wishes of all residents. Additionally, each of the 50 states in the US have two representatives from their state in Congress who represent the citizens of their state in Washington, DC. Each representative is responsible for introducing legislation, voting on bills and advocating for their constituents' needs at a federal level. All these different levels of government work together to create an effective political system that ensures the best possible outcomes for all residents in 20045 Washington, DC.
The political climate in Zip 20045 (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 20045 (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 20045 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)