Washington, CA is a small town located in Northern California. The town is governed by a five-member Town Council who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Town Council has responsibility for the planning and management of the town's resources and finances. They also handle issues related to public safety, health services, infrastructure and recreation. Each year Washington hosts local elections that allow citizens to elect their representatives on the Town Council. These elections are important for the people of Washington as they get to choose their leaders who will make decisions that will help shape the future of their community. Local initiatives such as tax levies, bond measures, and other community projects also take place during these elections, giving citizens further influence over what happens in their community.
The political climate in Washington, CA is leaning liberal.
Nevada County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Nevada County, CA 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nevada county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 41.1%.
Nevada county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, CA is leaning liberal.
Nevada County, California is somewhat liberal.
Truckee-Grass Valley Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
California is strongly 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, California: R r d r d D
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, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,343 contributions totaling $413,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 467 contributions totaling $84,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)