In 2012, Washington DC was a city undergoing vast changes and developments. There were political and policy debates over issues such as budgeting, housing affordability, educational reform, and social justice. On the local level, the mayor of Washington DC in 2012 was Vincent Gray who ran on a platform of reduction of unemployment rates and improving public safety. He also advocated for stronger partnerships with public schools and investment green spaces in neighborhoods across the city. In addition to Mayor Gray, there were several other political candidates running for various positions in various parts of Washington DC that year. Some of these candidates included Councilmember Jack Evans, who prioritized economic development; Kwame Brown, who focused on creating jobs and reducing crime; and Tommy Wells, who campaigned for improved transportation infrastructure. All of these candidates had their own unique agendas to promote positive change in the District.
The political climate in Zip 20012 (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 20012 (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 20012 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,936 contributions totaling $1,208,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 342 contributions totaling $169,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)