Arlington, VA is a vibrant and diverse city in Northern Virginia. Politically, Arlington is known for its progressive and progressive-leaning views and values, as evidenced by the high turnout in local elections. Elected officials represent the interests of their constituents on issues such as housing, transportation, public safety, education, economic development and more. The City of Arlington also has one of the highest voter registration rates in the state. The current mayor of Arlington is Libby Garvey who was recently re-elected by an overwhelming majority. She continues to work hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and programs throughout the city. In addition to strong leadership from Mayor Garvey, Arlington is home to many active political organizations including Indivisible Arlington which focuses on progressive action locally and at the state level. By engaging with their elected representatives directly through letters, emails or phone calls, citizens can be sure their voices are heard when it comes to important political matters that affect them.
The political climate in Arlington, VA is strongly liberal.
Arlington County, VA is very liberal. In Arlington County, VA 80.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arlington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.6% to 17.1%.
Arlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, VA is strongly liberal.
Arlington 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.
Arlington, Virginia: D 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 Arlington, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85,245 contributions totaling $25,762,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20,263 contributions totaling $19,462,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $961 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)