In 2019, Washington, DC was in a period of political change. The city saw a number of new candidates vying for positions in the District’s government, sparking debates over important local issues. Major initiatives included increasing affordable housing and creating policies to combat climate change. Residents were engaged in discussions about how to best ensure equal access to education and healthcare for all citizens. As politicians put forth their ideas and debated various solutions, the citizens of DC worked together to ensure that their voices were heard. In the end, these efforts paid off as the District elected representatives who will work hard to make sure that Washingtonians are represented on all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 20019 (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 20019 (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 20019 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,041 contributions totaling $84,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $32,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)