Washington, UT is a small city located in the far southwest corner of the state. The city has a population of around 10,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor is David Topham who was elected in 2018 and will be up for reelection in 2022. The city council consists of seven members who are elected to serve two-year terms. These members are responsible for enacting ordinances, setting policy, and managing the day-to-day operations of the city. Washington also sends representatives to the Utah State Legislature and US Congress to represent their interests at higher levels of government. The people of Washington are passionate about their local politics and have an impressive record of electing qualified candidates who share their values and beliefs. Residents take part in debates over major issues such as taxes, education, public safety, and economic development that affect the community on a daily basis.
The political climate in Washington, UT is strongly conservative.
Washington County, UT is very conservative. In Washington County, UT 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 22.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, UT is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Utah is very conservative.
St. George Metro Area is very conservative.
Utah is moderately 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, Utah: 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, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,715 contributions totaling $167,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,364 contributions totaling $396,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)