Fairfax City, VA County is a vibrant and dynamic community that has a rich political history. While it is not the largest city in the county, its citizens are deeply invested in local politics. Every two years there is an election cycle for the City Council, with local candidates vying for positions on the council. Everyone from current or former business owners to long-time residents make up this diverse array of candidates, all of whom have their own unique vision for how to best serve Fairfax City residents. During these elections, local media outlets cover their campaigns and provide extensive coverage of debates and other activities associated with them. As such, citizens are kept well-informed on who is running for office and what their thoughts and ideas are on relevant topics like education, public safety, taxes, infrastructure development and more. This ensures that every vote cast is an informed one.
The political climate in Fairfax City County, VA is very liberal.
In Fairfax City County, VA 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 29.7%.
Fairfax city county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairfax City County, VA 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.
Fairfax City, 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 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 Fairfax City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,418 contributions totaling $653,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,556 contributions totaling $909,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $585 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)