The town of Castlewood, VA is a small rural community in Southwest Virginia. While the town has no local political candidates currently running for office, the citizens of Castlewood take their civic duty seriously and are actively involved in local and national politics. The people of Castlewood are passionate about protecting their rights and advocating for the issues and policies that affect their community. Though there is no candidate currently running in their county, they still take great pride in participating in public debates on important topics like healthcare, education, and economic development. Additionally, many locals volunteer with local non-profits to improve the quality of life in their town by providing resources to those in need. Through civic engagement, Castlewood residents strive to make a positive difference in their community and beyond.
The political climate in Castlewood, VA is strongly conservative.
Russell County, VA is very conservative. In Russell County, VA 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.7%.
Russell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Castlewood, VA is strongly conservative.
Russell 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.
Castlewood, Virginia: d 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 Castlewood, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $3,566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)