Highland Springs is a small community located in Henrico County, Virginia. The town has a long history of engaging in politics and is currently represented by three important elected officials: Delegate Jeff Bourne, Senator Jennifer McClellan, and Congressman Donald McEachin. These representatives focus on issues that are important to the citizens of Highland Springs such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, public safety measures, and economic development initiatives. The town regularly holds town hall meetings for residents to voice their opinions on political topics and these meetings have provided invaluable opportunities for the people of Highland Springs to get involved in local government decisions. Additionally, many organizations in the area strive to ensure that Highland Springs is a place where all citizens can feel safe and respected regardless of their race or background. All of these efforts demonstrate Highland Springs’ commitment to being an active participant in the political process.
The political climate in Highland Springs, VA is moderately liberal.
Henrico County, VA is strongly liberal. In Henrico County, VA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henrico county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 34.6%.
Henrico county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland Springs, VA is moderately liberal.
Henrico County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately 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.
Highland Springs, 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 Highland Springs, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,173 contributions totaling $191,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $61,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)