Washington, GA is located in Wilkes County and is a small city with a population of around 4,000 people. It is the county seat and has a mayor-council form of government. The current Mayor is Joe Bristol and the City Council consists of five members elected from each ward in the city. The City Council meets monthly to discuss issues related to local governance, budgeting, infrastructure repairs, and public safety initiatives. In addition to local politics, Washingtonians are active participants in state and federal elections. Each year there are numerous opportunities for civic engagement at the polls as citizens can support candidates running for office representing their community as well as state or national officials. As an example, recently Wilkes County residents supported Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams in her successful bid for Georgia Governor in 2018.
The political climate in Washington, GA is leaning conservative.
Wilkes County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Wilkes County, GA 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkes county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 42.9%.
Wilkes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, GA is leaning conservative.
Wilkes County, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Georgia 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, Georgia: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Washington, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $9,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)