Washington, NC is located in Beaufort County and has a population of around 8,700 people. It is governed by a mayor-council system, in which the mayor serves as the leader while the council members are responsible for making policy decisions. The current Mayor is Joseph B. Allen III, who was elected in 2019. He and his council work together to ensure that the city’s needs are met and that residents have access to quality services. The council is made up of seven members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. Elections for local political office occur every two years during municipal elections in November. Local candidates for office include those running for city council as well as mayoral races. Political issues currently facing Washington, NC include economic development, managing growth, property taxes, clean water initiatives, and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 27889 (Washington, NC) is moderately conservative.
Beaufort County, NC is strongly conservative. In Beaufort County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.6%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27889 (Washington, NC) is moderately conservative.
Washington, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Beaufort County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Washington Metro Area is strongly conservative.
North Carolina 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, North Carolina: 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 27889 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $55,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $34,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)