Washington, MO is a small city located in Franklin County, Missouri. It is a largely rural area that prides itself on its rich culture and history. Home to the historic Lafayette Square, Washington is a thriving community full of colorful storefronts and friendly faces. The city has a mayor-council form of government, which includes a mayor and six council members who are elected by the citizens of Washington every two years to help lead the city forward. The council has been instrumental in guiding the city to success over the last few decades. They have created initiatives for economic growth and improvement in local infrastructure projects. In addition, they have made strides towards protecting the environment through their well thought out plans and regulations, making sure that everyone can enjoy the beauty of nature safely from within our own backyard. With hardworking politicians advocating for positive change in our town, we can look forward to an even better future for Washington, MO.
The political climate in Washington, MO is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, MO is very conservative. In Franklin County, MO 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.1%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, MO is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Missouri is somewhat 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, Missouri: 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, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 393 contributions totaling $31,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $113,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $596 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)