In 2006, Washington, DC was a Democratic stronghold. Most of the city's elected officials were Democrats, and they pushed for policies that helped the citizens of Washington, DC. The city had a strong focus on providing services to its residents, from affordable housing to public health and education initiatives. In addition to these initiatives, the city also sought to improve its infrastructure and attract businesses in order to create jobs. The politics of the city during this time highly favored those who supported liberal causes such as civil rights and social justice. Additionally, the District was one of the first cities in the country to embrace same-sex marriage in 2005 through its Domestic Partnership Act. This forward-thinking political environment has continued into 2021, with Democrats remaining firmly in control of all government positions in D.C..
The political climate in Zip 20006 (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 20006 (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 20006 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,270 contributions totaling $38,302,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11,713 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 771 contributions totaling $59,811,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77,576 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)