Washington, PA County is home to a vibrant political landscape. The county is made up of a number of municipalities that are served by local elected officials and representatives in the State House. Each municipality holds elections to replace their municipal officials regularly, as well as State and Federal elections every several years. In addition, the county holds special elections as needed throughout the year for a variety of local measures. It’s important for all citizens to stay informed about the issues at hand and take part in voting whenever possible so their voice can be heard.
The political climate in Washington County, PA is moderately conservative.
In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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, Pennsylvania: d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,479 contributions totaling $557,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,724 contributions totaling $1,886,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $692 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)