The 23rd amendment gave district residents, who do not have formal congressional representation, a vote in presidential elections. They have used it to favor Democrats on every ballot since then.
![President Bush speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House along with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, second from right, and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20080920080206im_/http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2008/09/19/leaders-hfmanual.jpg)
President Bush speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House along with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, second from right, and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox.