Washington, IN is the county seat of Daviess County in southwestern Indiana. The town has a population of approximately 11,000 people and serves as the center of politics in the area. City government is composed of an elected mayor and a six-member city council. Elections for these positions occur every four years during municipal elections. The mayor has primary responsibility for setting policy direction for the City, while the council is responsible for enacting legislation that supports that direction. Local political candidates campaign on issues such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and quality of life issues. The city also works with state and federal representatives to ensure that resources are available to support its citizens’ needs.
The political climate in Washington, IN is moderately conservative.
Daviess County, IN is very conservative. In Daviess County, IN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, IN is moderately conservative.
Daviess County, Indiana is very conservative.
Washington Metro Area is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Washington, Indiana: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Washington, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $17,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $35,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)