A majority of every demographic tested by the Post also believed Trump was too involved, per Enten.
“D.C. residents hate, hate, hate this whole idea of Trump getting involved in local issues,” he stressed.
While 36% of residents in the nation’s capital found that crime, violence and guns were the top problem facing Washington in 2022, that figure dropped to 21% in 2025.
About 50% of D.C. residents indicated that crime was an extremely/a very serious problem this year, a drop from 65% the year prior.
“So, D.C. residents, like the crime statistics themselves, suggest that crime is becoming less of an issue in our nation’s capital,” Enten said.
Of all the counties and county equivalents nationwide, Trump fared the worst in D.C. during the 2024 election, taking in just 6.5% of the vote, Enten noted.
“They hate Donald Trump. They hate Republicans. Over and over again they have voted against Donald Trump, voted against Republicans,” he said of D.C. residents.
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“And again, on the crime issue, that’s so important, a smaller and smaller percentage going down, down, down believe it is the top problem in our nation’s capital.”
