How many Republicans ARE there in D.C.? Excluding congress critters they had to be comparing 1 repub for every 99 dems for their study.
DC is heavily Dem by population, but the people in politics who hang around here are split fairly evenly. On any given night, you're going to have as many GOP drinking events going on as Dem ones.
And there are more Republican DC residents than it might seem based on voting patterns. It's just that we're so heavily outnumbered here, we don't bother to vote. I'd say maybe 20% of DC residents are Republicans, with higher percentages in the surburbs.