The politics in the District of Columbia State are diverse and dynamic. Many of the decisions that affect the lives of local residents are made by elected officials at all levels of government. At the federal level, two US Senators and a US Representative from Washington, DC are elected to represent the state’s interests in Congress. In addition, the District has a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives who is also elected. Locally, there is a Mayor, Councilmembers, and Attorney General who are all responsible for enacting laws and policy in DC State. All these positions are filled through elections that take place every four years. Political party affiliation plays an important role in determining which candidate will be chosen to serve in each office.
The political climate in District of Columbia is very liberal.
In District of Columbia 92.1% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 5.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, District of Columbia remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 92.1% to 5.4%.
The District of Columbia voted Democratic in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
District of Columbia, 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 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 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 District of Columbia
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299,056 contributions totaling $426,835,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,427 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30,305 contributions totaling $97,583,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)