Washington, NY is a small town located in New York State. The Town of Washington is governed by a Town Board which consists of the Supervisor, the two Council Members, and the Town Clerk. In recent years, the Town Board has worked hard to ensure that citizens have access to services necessary to their quality of life. This includes local schools, police and fire protection, public works projects, and community programs. The town also boasts several civic organizations that are dedicated to preserving its historic character while striving for progress. Recently there have been heavily contested elections for town supervisor as different candidates bring different visions for the future of Washington. As such, politics in Washington is an ever-changing landscape that provides residents with numerous opportunities to shape their neighborhood and make it a better place to live.
The political climate in Washington, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New York is moderately 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, New York: r r d d 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, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,455 contributions totaling $2,060,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $839 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $638,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)