Gainesville, VA is a small town located in Prince William County that is known for its tight-knit community and vibrant business district. When it comes to politics, the citizens of Gainesville are passionate about their beliefs and actively engage in local elections. Residents of Gainesville tend to have conservative values which are primarily reflected in the local political candidates running for office. These candidates often represent traditional American values such as limited government, personal freedom, and fiscal responsibility. Over the years, many politicians have come through Gainesville who reflect these values and promote them when they go on to win at higher levels of government. Although the population varies from year to year, residents of Gainesville are committed to electing officials that understand their needs and uphold their principles.
The political climate in Gainesville, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal. In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gainesville, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Gainesville, Virginia: r r 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 Gainesville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,524 contributions totaling $920,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,761 contributions totaling $847,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)