In 2010, Washington, DC was a bustling hub for politics and policy making as the nation's capital city. This included the active legislative and executive branches of government, consisting of federal representatives from across the United States. Additionally, there were numerous special interest groups that lobbied hard for their chosen causes. There were also many campaigns for local offices, including mayor and members of the City Council, which had distinct powers separate from the federal government’s authority. These campaigns drove voter turnout and engagement in local elections in 2010, with many people taking part in debates on issues such as homelessness and education reform. The city was also home to many think tanks conducting research on various topics related to public policy and social justice. With all these political goings-on, Washington, DC was abuzz in 2010 with activity amid the ever-changing landscape of American politics.
The political climate in Zip 20010 (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 20010 (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 20010 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,720 contributions totaling $2,122,864 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 396 contributions totaling $144,233 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)