Washington County, Texas is governed by a three-member commissioner's court, with commissioners elected from four separate precincts. The county is also represented in the Texas House of Representatives by a member of the Republican Party and in the Texas Senate by a member of the Democratic Party. The county is home to several local cities which are responsible for their own local government entities such as mayors and city councils. There are numerous civic organizations and clubs throughout Washington County that play an active role in politics in the area. The Washington County Republican and Democratic Parties hold precinct conventions regularly to discuss issues concerning local and state politics. Additionally, many organizations, such as chambers of commerce and other business focused groups, hold regular meetings to discuss policy matters that affect the county. These forums allow citizens to participate in discussions that could influence local decisions and laws.
The political climate in Washington County, TX is very conservative.
In Washington County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, TX is very conservative.
Brenham Metro Area is very conservative.
Texas 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, Texas: 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, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 965 contributions totaling $50,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 999 contributions totaling $243,504 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)