In 2015, Washington, DC was a bustling city with many different political ideologies. The city has long been known as a progressive hub, pushing for social change and equality. In 2015, the mayor at the time was Muriel Bowser who was elected on a platform of progressive change. She initiated multiple reforms that addressed issues such as poverty, education inequality, and police reform. Additionally, in 2015 DC had two congressional representatives: Eleanor Holmes Norton and Steny Hoyer who both worked to represent their constituents in Congress. This year saw many political debates and disagreements on important topics that shaped the future of Washington DC and the nation at large.
The political climate in Zip 20015 (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 20015 (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 20015 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,653 contributions totaling $6,775,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,473 contributions totaling $1,131,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $768 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)