In 2005, Washington, DC was a bustling city full of culture, history, and politics. The city was governed by a mayor-council government consisting of thirteen members: the Mayor and twelve council members. These governing bodies were responsible for making laws and regulations to benefit the citizens of Washington, DC. During this time, there were numerous legislative initiatives targeting issues such as education reform, economic development, public safety, and healthcare. In addition to this, the Mayor and City Council worked with Congress to ensure that federal funds were being allocated properly for necessary programs in the district. At the local level, many community organizations sought to affect change through grassroots advocacy on issues such as housing rights and civil liberties. This decade saw a surge in civic engagement among citizens in Washington, DC who wanted to make sure their voices were heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 20005 (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 20005 (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 20005 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,952 contributions totaling $102,511,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11,451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,335 contributions totaling $4,478,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,918 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)