Washington, TN County is located in East Tennessee and is part of the Tri-Cities region. Politically, it is a conservative stronghold that consistently supports Republican candidates. In the recent 2018 mid-term elections, all congressional representatives from the county were Republican and the county itself voted for Republican candidates for Governor and Senator. On the local level, there have been numerous debates on issues such as education, taxes, and infrastructure. The county has also seen an increase in civic engagement from citizens who are interested in making their voices heard on these important topics. With so many different issues being discussed by both parties, Washington County continues to be a vibrant political environment with passionate people advocating for what they believe in.
The political climate in Washington County, TN is very conservative.
In Washington County, TN 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, TN is very conservative.
Johnson City Metro Area is very conservative.
Tennessee 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, Tennessee: 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, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,315 contributions totaling $227,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,476 contributions totaling $530,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)