Washington, MI is a small town located in 48094 zip code. It is home to a diverse population of around 1,000 people and is governed by the City Council. The council is comprised of five members, each elected to their positions by local citizens. The current mayor of Washington is Bob Smith. Mayor Smith has been in office since 2017 and oversees all city operations. The City Council meets monthly and addresses issues that are important to the community such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and budgeting. Local citizens have the opportunity to get involved in their government through voting in elections for city officials and attending city meetings when needed. Through these processes, residents can be sure that their voices are heard when it comes to issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 48094 (Washington, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48094 (Washington, MI) is somewhat conservative.
Washington, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
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, Michigan: d r d d 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 48094 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 715 contributions totaling $60,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $70,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)