Washington County, Ohio is known for its rich political landscape. Home to the state capital of Columbus, it is an integral part of the greater metropolitan area. Politically, the county is heavily influenced by the major parties – Democratic and Republican. The two main political organizations in Washington County are the Washington County Democratic Central Committee and the Washington County Republican Executive Committee. Both organizations work to educate citizens about local party platforms and promote candidates at all levels. They also focus on registering voters and encouraging local participation in elections. In addition to these two larger parties, there are several small organizations that support independent candidates for local offices, such as mayor or council members. Together, these parties create an exciting atmosphere of competition and debate that drives progress in government policies in Washington County.
The political climate in Washington County, OH is very conservative.
In Washington County, OH 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, OH is very conservative.
Marietta Metro Area is very conservative.
Ohio 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, Ohio: 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, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,068 contributions totaling $81,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 827 contributions totaling $401,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)