In 2007, Washington, DC was a bustling city full of political activity and policy debates. With the United States Capitol located within its boundaries, the District of Columbia was a major center for national politics and policy making. Local politics in the city were just as important to many people, as leaders and activists debated how best to represent their community's needs and interests. Major issues included education, affordable housing, crime prevention, sustainability initiatives, and voting rights. In addition to local representatives in Congress, there were several elected officials at both the state and local levels. These officials worked together to ensure that all Washingtonians had access to resources they needed to thrive in the ever-changing city.
The political climate in Zip 20007 (Washington, DC) is strongly 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 20007 (Washington, DC) is strongly liberal.
Washington, District of Columbia is strongly 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 20007 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,788 contributions totaling $17,560,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,197 contributions totaling $5,167,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)