Alexandria, VA is a vibrant city located in the Washington DC Metro Area. It has a rich history of political engagement and is host to a variety of different politicians and political organizations. As the home of many federal government offices, Alexandria has seen its fair share of political activity over the years. The current mayor, Justin Wilson, leads the City Council and is responsible for setting policy goals that reflect the values and priorities of the citizens of Alexandria. Local candidates for state office have included names such as Democrat Vivian Watts and Republican Joe May. As an active participant in national, state and local elections, Alexandrians can choose from a wide variety of candidates who are well-informed on issues that affect them at every level.
The political climate in Zip 22302 (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 22302 (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 22302 (Alexandria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,530 contributions totaling $1,596,323 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,670 contributions totaling $2,654,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $994 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)