In the 2018 Washington, DC political scene, voters were faced with a wide range of choices in local and state elections. Candidates had varying ideas on how to address important issues such as public safety, education, and economic growth. The local election included races for mayor, city council, and school board. In addition to these races, residents could decide who they wanted to represent them in the US House and Senate. This election was an opportunity for citizens to make their voices heard about what direction they wanted the city to take in terms of policy decisions moving forward. With a record turnout at the polls, voters made it clear that they cared about their local politics and that their collective opinions need to be heeded going forward.
The political climate in Zip 20018 (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 20018 (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 20018 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,640 contributions totaling $309,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $78,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $645 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)