Washington, UT is a small town located in Washington County. The town has a population of 8,117 people according to the 2019 US Census data. It is governed by a mayor-council system and holds elections for local political candidates every four years in November. The current mayor of Washington, UT is Ken Neilson, who was elected to office in 2018 and will remain in office until 2022. In addition to the mayor, there are five city council members who are voted on by residents of the town. These members help shape local policy decisions through their vote on various issues that come before the council for consideration. They often work with the mayor and city staff to ensure that Washington remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 84780 (Washington, UT) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, UT is very conservative. In Washington County, UT 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 22.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 84780 (Washington, UT) is strongly conservative.
Washington, Utah is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Utah is very conservative.
St. George Metro Area is very conservative.
Utah is moderately 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, Utah: 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 84780 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $10,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $39,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)