Virgin, Utah is a small town located in Washington County. It is well known for its rural landscapes and community-focused lifestyle. Politically, the town of Virgin leans heavily Republican, with most local elected officials representing the party. The current mayor of Virgin is Richard Woodland, who was elected in 2020 on the Republican ticket. Other members of the city council include John Jacobs (Republican), Pam Smith (Democrat), and Kevin Brown (Independent). These individuals work together to provide their constituents with services such as trash pick up and road maintenance. In addition to local politics, Virgin also votes in national elections, typically aligning itself with the Republican Party's platform. Overall, politics in Virgin are quite stable with few issues often arising during elections or other political events.
The political climate in Virgin, UT is strongly conservative.
Washington County, UT is very conservative. In Washington County, UT 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 22.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Virgin, UT is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Utah is very conservative.
St. George Metro Area is very conservative.
Utah is moderately conservative.
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.
Virgin, Utah: 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 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 Virgin, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 707 contributions totaling $43,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $27,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)