Washington, NE County is a vibrant community with a strong political presence. The county is served by numerous local governments that are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. There are two major political parties in Washington, NE County: the Republican and Democratic Party. Both parties have active participants in the county who are involved in city and county elections to ensure their views are represented. Every election cycle, the county assembles a nonpartisan board of elections to organize local races and ensure fair and open access to voting for all eligible residents. The county also holds several public forums throughout the year to allow citizens to discuss important issues with their elected representatives. With these efforts, Washington, NE County ensures that all of its citizens have an opportunity to be heard and make their voices heard on matters of local importance.
The political climate in Washington County, NE is very conservative.
In Washington County, NE 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, NE is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Nebraska 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, Nebraska: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 684 contributions totaling $27,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $61,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)