| @BritneyKeira: Yes DC has been historically very pro-democrat. This is going to be a long answer but it will be very informative, so vote me down if you must.....Residents only got the right to vote for president in 1961 via a constitutional amendment making 1964 the first presidential election they voted in. Since then they have voted a democrat for president each time. The lowest percentage that a democrat won by in DC was Carter w/74% in 1980. Usually they are around the 80-85% range. Despite this, DC has only 3 electoral votes based on a clause that says the District can't have more electors than the least populous state, which is 3 because they are determined by the number of congressional delegates (every state has 2 senators and at least 1 rep). Because of this, even with heavy democratic concentrations its not a real big blow to republican candidates. This is all regardless of population. If DC were to swell up to 20 million people it would still only get 3 electoral votes. Currently only Wyoming has less people. DC still has no senators or Reps but if they did it would still only be 3 based on population...about a half million, give or take. There are many reasons why they are extremely pro-democrat. 1, without trying to sound ignorant, they have a very large African American popluation...about 50%, comapred to about 20% for the rest of the country. Since the depression, African Americans have been extremely pro democrat, voting well over 90% historically (based on polls). Also DC, unlike the rest of the 50 states, is completely urban and residents of large urban centers tend to vote democrat in large numbers regardless of race, religion or socio-economic class. In addition to the African American population they have a growing Latino population, also heavily democratic and more than 8% of resident identify as living an LGBT lifestyle, although that crosses race and gender demographics its still probably a contributing factor. Another reason is economic class. Although the median income i |
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