The 22301 Alexandria, VA area is an important location for politics in the greater Washington D.C. region. It contains many of the city’s iconic monuments and buildings, and is home to a large number of businesses, organizations, advocates and elected officials active in local and state-level politics. The location also serves as the home of many political candidates running for local offices, such as mayor, city council members or board of supervisors. These candidates come from a diverse range of backgrounds and platforms but all strive to bring positive change to their community. Additionally, the 22301 Alexandria area includes a broad range of civic organizations that are actively engaged in promoting democratic values and advocating for their constituents’ rights. Through its political involvement and public engagement activities, this area has become a thriving hub of progressive ideas within Virginia politics.
The political climate in Zip 22301 (Alexandria, VA) is strongly liberal.
Alexandria City County, VA is very liberal. In Alexandria City County, VA 80.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alexandria city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.3% to 17.6%.
Alexandria city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22301 (Alexandria, VA) is strongly liberal.
Alexandria, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Alexandria City County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
Virginia is somewhat 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.
Alexandria, Virginia: 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 22301 (Alexandria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,812 contributions totaling $1,717,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,326 contributions totaling $929,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $701 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)