Washington, IL is a small city located in central Illinois. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor elected by the people and the council appointed to serve in a variety of roles. The city council meets regularly to make decisions that affect the citizens' quality of life and to approve public projects. Washington is known for having an active and engaged citizenry who take part in local elections and civic projects. In recent years, there have been several well-known political candidates from the Washington area running for state and federal office with much enthusiasm and support from the local community. There are also numerous organizations that work to create meaningful change within the city's boundaries, such as voter registration drives, community outreach efforts, and others. These efforts help keep politics at the forefront of conversation in Washington, IL.
The political climate in Washington, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Illinois is moderately 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, Illinois: 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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 266 contributions totaling $22,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $66,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)