That’s the margin the Dems have in big cities. But unlike all the states where you have cities, their suburbs, and the rural space between, DC is nothing but urban center.

1. DC is small. Not quite Vatican small, but DC is essentially entirely urban. Urban areas are democratic.

2. DC is not a state. They don’t get any representation in Congress because of this. Democrats are the politicians promising to try and get DC a seat in Congress so that they may be represented. They passed a strange bill that allowed DC to have Shadow Congresspeople who vote in Congress, but their votes don’t get counted for anything. Republicans do not want DC to have any representation.

3. This may be anecdotal from being a local and speaking with people from DC, but there’s a general idea that DC and the surrounding NoVa and MD areas are taken care of very well by the federal government. No president or congressman wants to work and live in an area surrounded by crime, homelessness, and crumbling infrastructure, or else they might feel bad. Democratic leaders tend to push for legislature and infrastructure that supports the local community, while Republican leaders have historically shown a mindset of “Fuck everybody else here” and not supported the local community. Reagan flooded DC streets with Contra crack to get rid of “degenerate blacks” in the community. On the flip side, Clinton and Obama fought for DC to get state rights to be represented in the government.

No rural area for GOP to exploit