Fort Washington is a small city located in California, close to Los Angeles. Although it has a small population compared to surrounding cities, it has a thriving political landscape with multiple candidates running for key positions on the city’s council. Every two years, locals elect representatives from their neighborhoods and districts to serve on the council, which focuses on improving the quality of life for Fort Washington’s residents. Candidates campaign hard during election season by attending community events and hosting town hall meetings to discuss their platforms. Several organizations have been created to ensure that each candidate follows proper procedures while campaigning and runs an ethical campaign that reflects the values of Fort Washington. The presence of active candidates and campaigns show how important politics is in this California town, allowing its citizens to stay informed and participate in decisions that shape their community.
The political climate in Fort Washington, CA is leaning conservative.
Fresno County, CA is leaning liberal. In Fresno County, CA 52.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fresno county remained moderately Democratic, 52.9% to 45.1%.
Fresno county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Washington, CA is leaning conservative.
Fresno County, California is leaning liberal.
Fresno Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fort Washington, California: 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 Fort Washington, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,352 contributions totaling $334,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 778 contributions totaling $247,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)