Washington Village is a Democratic stronghold. About 88% of voters here vote Democratic and 12% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Washington Village typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Washington Village, ~47% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Washington Village compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Washington Village leans more Democratic than 19 of 45 neighbors.
Washington Village runs about 46 points more Democratic than Maryland as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Washington Village. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+83) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+72), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Washington Village leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Washington Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 60% of adults in Washington Village have never been married, well above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 41%).
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Washington Village, Baltimore, MD sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Washington Village looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Washington Village sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Federal Hill-Montgomery, Baltimore, MD D+67
- Downtown, Baltimore, MD D+75
- West Baltimore, Baltimore, MD D+82
- Riverside, Baltimore, MD D+64
- Mount Vernon, Baltimore, MD D+80
- Greater Rosemont, Baltimore, MD D+72
- Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore, MD D+87
- Jonestown, Baltimore, MD D+68
- Mid-Town Belvedere, Baltimore, MD D+80
- Oldtown, Baltimore, MD D+77
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- O Hair Park, Detroit, MI D+87
- Bayshore, Wilmington, NC R+11
- Westlake Village, Westlake Village, CA D+10
- Western Michigan University-KRPH, Kalamazoo, MI D+51
- Mid-Hillside, Anchorage, AK D+20
- Friendly Acres, Redwood City, CA D+47
- Grayson Hill, Tuckahoe, VA D+20
- Rolling Hills, Jacksonville, FL R+20
- West Riverside, New Orleans, LA D+46
- West Side, Augusta, GA D+23
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maryland State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.