Chantilly, Virginia is a small town located in Fairfax County. Politically, the town is represented by a variety of elected officials. At the state level, Chantilly is represented by several members of both the House of Delegates and the Senate from Fairfax County. In the U.S. Congress, the district that includes Chantilly is represented by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D). Local government in Chantilly consists of a mayor and six members of Town Council who are elected at-large by residents of the town. The current Mayor of Chantilly is Timothy Dittmore who was first elected in 2018. As part of their duties on Town Council, Council Members discuss and vote on legislative matters relevant to Chantilly such as zoning regulations and other related issues.
The political climate in Chantilly, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chantilly, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
Virginia is somewhat 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.
Chantilly, Virginia: r d D D D D
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 Chantilly, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,433 contributions totaling $814,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,596 contributions totaling $834,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)