Washington, AR is a small town located in Arkansas. It has a population of approximately 3,500 people and is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. The town’s politics are largely influenced by the Republican Party. Washington, AR has a Town Council that serves as its governing body and is made up of seven members who are voted into office every two years. Elections for council members are held every May, with any registered voter in Washington allowed to participate. While the majority of residents in Washington tend to lean towards the Republican Party, there are several candidates from both major parties that have been elected to serve on the Town Council over time. Although no specific political candidates have been named for the upcoming 2021 election, it is likely that there will be at least one representative from each major party running for office.
The political climate in Washington, AR is strongly conservative.
Hempstead County, AR is very conservative. In Hempstead County, AR 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hempstead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 31.2%.
Hempstead county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, AR is strongly conservative.
Hempstead County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Arkansas is strongly 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, Arkansas: 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 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, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $2,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)