Cana, VA is a small rural community located in the heart of Virginia. The politics in Cana are largely conservative, with an emphasis on upholding traditional values and small-town life. Local elections often focus on issues such as infrastructure development, agricultural support, healthcare access, and economic development. Residents are passionate about ensuring that their local government is committed to providing the best services possible for its citizens. Candidates who run for office stress the importance of preserving Cana's unique culture and identity while also focusing on ways to move forward into the future. This balance between past and present is something that resonates deeply within this community.
The political climate in Cana, VA is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, VA is very conservative. In Carroll County, VA 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 18.2%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cana, VA is strongly conservative.
Carroll 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.
Cana, 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 Cana, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)