Washington Court House, a city located in Fayette County, Ohio, is home to an active local political scene. The most recent election featured numerous candidates for a variety of positions including Mayor, City Council Members, and Auditor. Currently, the mayor is Tom Eckerle and the City Council Members are Mark Huddleston, Jody Walker, Dwight Garrett, Jodie Leeser-Miller and Carl Baughman. The current auditor is Amanda Roberts. These elected officials have been working hard to ensure that Washington Court House remains an attractive place to live and work by investing in infrastructure improvements and creating jobs in order to support local businesses. Additionally, they've been exploring ways to bring new businesses into the city in order to further bolster economic development. As a result of their efforts, Washington Court House has seen a resurgence in recent years with increased population growth and improved quality of life for many residents.
The political climate in Washington Court House, OH is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, OH is very conservative. In Fayette County, OH 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington Court House, OH is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, Ohio is very conservative.
Washington Court House Metro Area is very conservative.
Ohio is leaning 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 Court House, Ohio: 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 Court House, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,373 contributions totaling $31,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $33,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)