Basye, VA is a small town located in the Shenandoah Valley. Despite its size, Basye has an active political landscape, with many local candidates vying for office. Currently, the town is represented by Republican Michael J. Webert in the Virginia House of Delegates’ 18th District and Republican Ben Cline in the United States House of Representatives’ 6th District. In addition to these representatives, there are a variety of local politicians running for office in Basye ranging from county supervisor and school board members to mayors and sheriffs. There is always something going on in politics here as citizens strive to make their voices heard on issues concerning their community. Residents have a strong sense of civic pride and take part in all levels of government, shaping the future of their beloved hometown.
The political climate in Basye, VA is strongly conservative.
Shenandoah County, VA is very conservative. In Shenandoah County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shenandoah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
Shenandoah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Basye, VA is strongly conservative.
Shenandoah County, Virginia is very 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.
Basye, 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 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 Basye, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 528 contributions totaling $46,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 590 contributions totaling $365,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $619 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)