Washington, IN is located in the state of Indiana and is part of Daviess County. As of the last census in 2020, it had a population of 6,558 people. In regards to politics, 47501 Washington belongs to the 9th congressional district which is currently represented by Republican Trey Hollingsworth. Locally, Washington has three city council members: Heather Ellsworth (Republican), Michael Loughmiller (Democrat) and Kelly Schopmeyer (Independent). Each council member is elected for four year terms on a staggered basis. The local government also includes a mayor who is elected for four year terms. Currently, Joe Wellman serves as Mayor. He was first elected in 2021 and had previously served on the city council from 2009 to 2015. Generally speaking, Washington has a mix of political leanings due to its diverse population and representation.
The political climate in Zip 47501 (Washington, IN) is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, IN is very conservative. In Daviess County, IN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47501 (Washington, IN) is strongly conservative.
Washington, Indiana is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, Indiana is very conservative.
Washington Metro Area is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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, Indiana: 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 zip 47501 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $17,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $35,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)