The Lynchburg, VA Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse region with a rich political landscape. While there are no local political candidates in the area, the region is represented in both the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates. The area is served by two state senators from District 22 and three delegates from District 23, all of whom represent a variety of points of view on the issues affecting the people of Lynchburg. Local citizens engage in civic discourse to influence their representatives in Richmond and make their voices heard on topics like education, transportation, health care, taxes, public safety and more. The city also boasts active participation among its residents who come out to vote for national elections and use their voice to support important causes through grassroots organizations. A commitment to democracy makes Lynchburg an ideal place for those looking to get involved in local politics or just express their views on current events.
The political climate in Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Lynchburg Metro Area 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lynchburg metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.1%.
The Lynchburg metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lynchburg 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.
Lynchburg, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lynchburg Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,437 contributions totaling $511,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,723 contributions totaling $615,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)