Lorton, Virginia is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County. It is located within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and is a vibrant and diverse place to live and work. The politics in Lorton are largely influenced by the state of Virginia's political system, which consists of a Democratic Party-controlled House of Delegates, Senate, and Governor's office. At the local level, the citizens of Lorton are represented by their elected officials in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. This board governs many aspects of life in Lorton such as education, public safety, and taxation. Additionally, residents can also get involved with local campaigns for various candidates at all levels of government through voter registration drives or door-to-door canvassing efforts. Regardless of political affiliation or party support, residents are encouraged to make their voices heard on issues that affect them locally through these forms of participation in politics in Lorton.
The political climate in Lorton, VA is strongly liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lorton, VA is strongly liberal.
Fairfax 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.
Lorton, Virginia: r 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 Lorton, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,407 contributions totaling $262,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 608 contributions totaling $139,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)