Do Your Neighbors Spend Lavishly On Political Causes?

Not surprisingly, the zip codes tend to be for affluent neighborhoods in big metro areas. But few people have taken the time to look and see if certain zip codes favor one party over another.

Until now.

Using zip code data for reports released Aug. 23 and analyzed by Open Secrets, and comparing it with U.S. Census Bureau population data, a pattern emerges and you start to see certain patterns.

Top zip codes for Democratic donations (per capita)

  1. 20004 (Washington, D.C./Smithsonian): $329.93
  2. 90067 (Los Angeles/Riverside): $175.45
  3. 20036 (Washington, D.C./Dupont Circle): $143.38
  4. 20005 (Washington, D.C./Logan Circle): $53.56