Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Copperline Date:   4/20/2016 1:41:10 PM

I think you raised some excellent points.  The District  of Columbia is primarily black and I do believe that the most concentrated area of blacks is in Prince George's County MD.  But we need to keep in mind that these are not "welfare" blacks, but the vast majority are white collar professionals.  Yes it is true the Southeast in Washington DC, Anicostia, is a strong hold of what one might think of as crime ridden inner city welfare blacks.  I have to say that before I moved South, most of my exposure to the black commuity was of white collar professionals who were raising their kids to go to college. Unfortunately the biggest exposure to the black community here in the South, seems to be the uneducated or low skilled balck workers, and more likely to be getting public assistance or social security disability. 

I believe that you are correct that Alabama skews dramatically right.  In Northern VA (and I lived there for 20 years), more people are moderate in their political views.  Most work for the government or in support of the government, where they are responsible for making policy and implementing policies of both political affliations  and get to see the best and worst of both parties.  They are required to be apolitical and serve whatever Administration is in power.  I doubt you will find most people to be skewed dramatically right or left, unless they came to Washington to serve a particular political persuasion. 

And I don't think you can draw any conclusions about political leanings based on the TV advertising.  But keep in mind that many political and non-politcal organizations are headquartered in Washington and have lobbyists fronting their views.  Since both the organization and the lobbyists are in the DC area, it stands to reason that you will see more political ads representing a variety of positions in the DC area.