Waynesboro, VA County is an active political arena in the region. The City Council is composed of seven members who are all elected by its citizens. Every two years the Mayor and Vice Mayor positions open up and are voted on by the citizens of the city. During election cycles, local political candidates can be seen engaging with citizens to discuss their vision for the future of Waynesboro and how they will work to improve the quality of life for all residents. There are also a number of committees, such as education, transportation, health and safety, that can be found within the city council meetings to ensure that all voices are heard and represented when it comes to making important decisions about local initiatives. The Waynesboro politics landscape is ever-changing but always engaged with its citizens to ensure that their needs are being met and their voices heard.
The political climate in Waynesboro City County, VA is leaning conservative.
In Waynesboro City County, VA 46.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waynesboro city county remained moderately Republican, 51.4% to 46.3%.
Waynesboro city county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waynesboro City County, VA is leaning conservative.
Staunton Metro Area is strongly 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.
Waynesboro City, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Waynesboro City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 561 contributions totaling $41,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $33,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)