The small town of Glade Spring, VA is a rural community located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Despite its small size, Glade Spring has an active political climate with many local candidates vying for office each election cycle. Residents take pride in their involvement in local government, which is evident in their high voter turnout rates. From the school board to the mayor's office, there is someone to represent the citizens of Glade Spring on virtually every level of government. As a result, there are passionate debates and discussions about policy and the future of the community among residents and politicians alike. With such an engaged citizenry, it's no wonder that Glade Spring enjoys such a vibrant sense of civic responsibility and engagement.
The political climate in Glade Spring, VA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, VA is very conservative. In Washington County, VA 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 23.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glade Spring, VA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Virginia is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol Metro Area is very 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.
Glade Spring, 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 Glade Spring, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $3,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)