Washington, ME is a small town in Knox County with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government is run by an elected Board of Selectmen who serve three-year terms. The current Board includes five members who were elected in November of 2020. They are responsible for making decisions on the town's budget, ordinances, and personnel issues. Additionally, there is a Town Manager appointed by the Board to oversee day-to-day operations and implementation of their decisions. Elections for local offices are held every year with voting open to all registered voters in Washington. Recently, the citizens have been focusing on issues such as economic development, affordable housing, and sustainable water fisheries management among others. Overall, local politics in Washington revolves around ensuring the well-being of its citizens while maintaining its rural charm and integrity.
The political climate in Washington, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, ME is moderately liberal. In Knox County, ME 58.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 38.8%.
Knox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Maine is moderately liberal.
Maine is somewhat 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, Maine: d D 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, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $47,217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $4,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)