Washington, NC County is a rural county located in the state of North Carolina. Due to its small population size and sparsely populated areas, Washington is largely a rural county that has limited political representation. The county is represented in the North Carolina Senate by Republican Norm Sanderson, and in the North Carolina House of Representatives by Republican Bob Steinburg. Though the county does not have many local candidates running for office, both of these representatives have held their positions for many years and remain committed to providing their constituents with quality representation in Raleigh. With a focus on economic growth and development, these representatives are also dedicated to improving the quality of life for all citizens living in Washington County.
The political climate in Washington County, NC is somewhat liberal.
In Washington County, NC 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 54.7% to 44.8%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, NC is somewhat liberal.
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North Carolina is leaning 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, North Carolina: 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 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, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $6,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $9,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)