Washington Court House is located in Fayette County, Ohio and is the county seat. It has a population of just over 14,000 people and is a small but growing community. The local government consists of an elected mayor and seven members of city council who work together to make decisions on various issues relating to the town. The mayor is responsible for developing overall policy and the day-to-day operations of the city, while council members focus on specific priorities such as public safety, infrastructure, education, economic development and more. Local elections are held every 4 years for both mayor and council positions with voting open to all residents who are eligible. All candidates must meet certain requirements set out by state law in order to qualify as a candidate. As a result of its small size, Washington Court House does not have any major political parties that locals can align themselves with; however they can still choose from a variety of candidates who are running for office in order to represent their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 43160 (Washington Court House, OH) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, OH is very conservative. In Fayette County, OH 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, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43160 (Washington Court House, OH) is strongly conservative.
Washington Court House, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Ohio is very conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 43160 (Washington Court House)
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 236 contributions totaling $33,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)