Washington, Michigan is a small city located in Macomb County. The city has a total area of 2.71 square miles and is home to approximately 14,000 residents. Washington is governed by a mayor-council form of government where the mayor presides over six elected council members and an appointed City Manager. The local political scene in Washington is typically made up of many candidates running for a position on the council or for mayor. During election season, residents are invited to attend candidate forums hosted by the city in order to learn more about their local candidates. Residents also have the opportunity to cast their votes at the polls or via absentee ballot. Ultimately, it is through this democratic process that Washington's citizens can make their voices heard and ensure that they have an active voice in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 48095 (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 48095 (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 48095 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $37,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $446,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)