The Washington Court House Metro Area is located in Fayette County, Ohio. This small city is home to a wide variety of people and businesses that contribute to the local economy. Politically, the region is controlled by the Fayette County Board of Commissioners, who are responsible for setting budgets and passing laws that affect citizens in the area. The Board members are elected officials who serve four year terms. Additionally, there are several other local political offices such as mayor, auditor, treasurer and clerk of courts. Elections for these offices generally take place every two years. Local residents can also participate in larger state and national politics through congressional representatives and senators representing their district or state in Congress.
The political climate in Washington Court House Metro Area is very conservative.
In Washington Court House Metro Area 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Washington Court House metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.6%.
The Washington Court House metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington Court House 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 Court House, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Washington Court House Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,373 contributions totaling $31,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $37,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)