The politics of Waynesboro, VA are governed by a mayor and a five-member city council. The mayor is elected at large for a term of four years and the city council members represent the citizens of the five wards of the city. Through their representatives, citizens have an opportunity to voice their opinions on current issues and policies that affect the city. Additionally, local elections are held each year to elect officials such as mayors, council members, school board members, and other local offices. These elections give Waynesboro citizens an important say in determining who will make decisions that will affect them directly. With these elections comes a responsibility to stay informed, discuss ideas with fellow voters, and vote for those candidates who best embody the values of the community.
The political climate in Waynesboro, VA is leaning conservative.
Waynesboro City County, VA is leaning conservative. In Waynesboro City County, VA 46.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waynesboro city county remained moderately Republican, 51.4% to 46.3%.
Waynesboro city county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waynesboro, VA is leaning conservative.
Waynesboro City County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Staunton Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Waynesboro, Virginia: 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 Waynesboro, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 561 contributions totaling $41,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $33,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)